A new report on data breaches in the healthcare sector reveals the pervasive problem of security threats posed by employees, and indicates that providers often prioritize compliance with government regulations at the expense of implementing comprehensive security measures to safeguard patient information.
“While organizations are actively taking steps to ensure that patient data is secure, they are so focused on meeting compliance requirements that they have little awareness of the efficacy of their security programs,” according to the report “2012 HIMSS Analytics Report: Security of Patient Data,” which was commissioned by the consultancy Kroll Advisory Solutions.
