1. What is the greatest threat to electronic health information, and why?
2. How do you minimize security threats?
3. What do you feel are most important in securing electronic information: Administrative Safeguards, Physical safeguards, or Technical Safeguards? And why?
Ans)1) Healthcare cyber threats are a major problem for a few reasons: In addition to a patient's records, medical provider networks can contain valuable financial information. Since there are very few people who do not see healthcare providers, nearly everyone's personal information is available in some form.
2) To minimize security threats:
• Use secure passwords:
- The passwords you use should contain at least 7, and more than 12 characters if your network supports this limit. It will be useful to use passwords which include letters, numbers and punctuation marks. No need to worry if your network does not allow punctuation marks for your password, you can use a combination of letters and numbers. The passwords will be more secure if you drop vowels and replace letters in memorable words. For example, instead of writing "personal" you can use "p3sne11" as a password.
• Change passwords regularly:
- If you are not using a single use password system, you should change your passwords regularly. Nowadays, most of the modern management systems force passwords to expire after a particular amount of time. So you need to be aware of that.
• Get permission before modifying the network:
- If you are a network service provider, this function is of significant importance. You can also set up a policy for making network changes that makes it easy to follow and carry out.
• Do not tell crackers and hackers anything:
- Do not tell them which type of software you are using. If you reveal this information you are reducing the amount or time it will take to crack into your network system. Some network administrators reveal this sort of information to the hackers without realizing it.
• If you are not in the office, secure your computer system:
- There are many network access programs that allow users to save user IDs, passwords, dial in numbers, user name, email addresses and so on to make it easy for the user to log in to those programs. You need to be careful. Overall, it is useful not to save any of these user IDs or passwords or anything like that except if it is relevant. One of the best ways is to secure your computer system with a password, both on the computer BIOS and on screen saver.
3) The HIPAA Security Rule requires implementation of three types of safeguards: 1) administrative, 2) physical, and 3) technical. In addition, it imposes other organizational requirements and a need to document processes analogous to the HIPAA Privacy Rule. That said, creating the necessary HIPAA Security Rule documentation will likely prove significantly more "vexing" than its Privacy Rule counterpart, especially for small providers. Health information technology (HIT) resources should be available for these types of projects.
Access
Access means the ability or the means necessary to read, write, modify, or communicate data/information or otherwise use any system resource.
Administrative safeguards
Administrative safeguards are administrative actions, policies and procedures, to manage the selection, development, implementation, and maintenance of security measures to protect ePHI and to manage the conduct of the Covered Entity's workforce in relation to the protection of that information.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality means the property that data or information is not made available or disclosed to unauthorized persons or processes.
Physical safeguards
Physical safeguards are physical measures, policies, and procedures to protect a Covered Entity's electronic information systems and related buildings and equipment, from natural and environmental hazards, and unauthorized intrusion.
Technical safeguards
Technical safeguards mean technology and the policy and procedures for its use that protect electronic health information and control access to it.
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