Protecting Patient Information: A Decision-Maker's Guide to Risk, Prevention, and Damage Control

by Paul Cerrato

Overview

Protecting Patient Information: A Decision-Maker's Guide to Risk, Prevention, and Damage Control provides the concrete steps needed to tighten the information security of any healthcare IT system and reduce the risk of exposing patient health information (PHI) to the public. The book offers a systematic, 3-pronged approach for addressing the IT security deficits present in healthcare organizations of all sizes.

Healthcare decision-makers are shown how to conduct an in-depth analysis of their organization’s information risk level. After this assessment is complete, the book offers specific measures for lowering the risk of a data breach, taking into account federal and state regulations governing the use of patient data. Finally, the book outlines the steps necessary when an organization experiences a data breach, even when it has taken all the right precautions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128043929
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	04/08/2016
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Paul Cerrato, MA, has had over 30 years of experience working in healthcare, as a clinician, researcher, author, editor, and college lecturer. The last 7 years have been spent researching and writing about healthcare technology. He has served as Editor of Information Week Healthcare, Executive Editor of Contemporary OB/GYN, and Senior Editor of RN Magazine. Cerrato is the author of Protecting Patient Information and the co-author with John Halamka of Realizing the Promise of Precision Medicine. He has been named one of the most influential bloggers in healthcare IT by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Dissecting a book title 2. Healthcare IT Security: Perception Versus Reality 3. Regulations Governing Protected Health Information 4. Risk Assessment 5. Reducing the Risk of a Data Breach 6. Mobile device security 7. Securing Medical Devices 8. Educating Medical and Administrative Staff for Information Security 9. Managing Business Associates 10. Coping with a Data Breach

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

A systematic approach to healthcare cybersecurity, including how to secure healthcare IT systems and reduce the risk of exposing patient information

Editorial Reviews

"This is an unusual, yet interesting and important small volume… physician leaders, business executives of health care organizations, and those with smaller or bigger offices would find it useful. Considering the topic, it is highly readable." —Annals of Clinical Psychiatry

"...it’s a good primer that condenses the main points of the regulations protecting patients’ data, and you will get some helpful tips. It’s a good way to get a sense of what you’ll be in for if you start the journey." —Help Net Security

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