Patient Portal Privacy And Security Issues

Patient Portal Privacy, Security Tips – HealthcareInfoSecurity

Other security issues to keep in mind for patient portals are physical safeguards and encryption to protect servers holding the patients’ data as well as appropriate levels of auditing to spot inappropriate or unusual activity, Greene says. Mayo has a team of three people responsible for auditing patient portal logs, Monson says.

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5 current issues with patient privacy and data security …

Here are five more current issues with patient privacy and data security: 1. Data breaches in healthcare organizations continue to grow. This is the second annual benchmark study conducted by the Institute, and since its first look into patient privacy and data security, the frequency of breaches among organizations increased 32 percent. The study stated most breaches were due to employee mistakes and outright carelessness; about 49 percent of respondents in the study claimed lost or stolen …

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Patient Portals: Privacy & Security Considerations

Security Issues of EHR Portals • Include patient portal in risk assessment: – What is risk of interception during transmission? – What is risk of unauthorized access? – What are risks of Internet facing interface? – Has your EHR portal vendor’s software been independently tested? CynergisTek, Inc. 11410 Jollyville Road, Suite 2201, Austin TX 78759 512.402.8550 [email protected] …

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Patient portals raise privacy and security issues – www …

As healthcare organizations launch their own patient portals, they must address many privacy and security issues. A patient portal is a secure online website that gives patients convenient access to their PHI and allows them to communicate with their healthcare providers, including physicians and hospitals.

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Patient Portals: Security Challenges – HealthcareInfoSecurity

So for example, the patient portal may also be a messaging portal where a secure e-mail is received by an individual. They receive an unsecure e-mail that just says they’ve got a message waiting for you at the patient portal. They log in [to portal] and see their information that way. So it’s not just a way to provide patients with a copy of some of their medical record information, it may …

https://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/interviews/patient-portals-security-challenges-i-2147

Patient Portals: Security Concern or Effective Tool …

While patient portals add risk, they also confer many benefits to healthcare organizations, including enhanced patient-provider communication and empowerment of patients. Some studies have found that portals can also enable better outcomes for patients. These benefits are behind the HIPAA privacy rule’s “right of access,” which allows individuals to examine and obtain a copy of their PHI. Meaningful use

Patient Portals: Security Concern or Effective Tool?

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