New Survey Finds Integrated Healthcare Privacy Protection and Security Methods Most Effective

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An article published by proofpoint.com  (no author credit provided).

This article discusses a recent survey by PWC. "...the PwC report found less than half of all healthcare providers currently integrate privacy protection and security compliance practices. The firm believes that this likely makes data loss prevention procedures more difficult, as integration of these processes has proven to improve the safety of EHRs and the effort required to meet HIPAA compliance and other regulations."

The article further discusses some of the findings from this recent survey, and mentions that the survey recommends integration among various I.T. systems, "Integrating privacy protection and security procedures, the website asserts, can improve the overall scope of IT compliance and safety operations through streamlined processes and increased efficacy. Additionally, this strategy could potentially decrease overlooked areas, as the source notes the survey found more than half of the respondents had not assessed security for mobile devices currently in use in their respective organizations.

In the survey from PwC, more than 35 percent of healthcare providers said they had experienced patients trying to gain admittance and care with stolen or fraudulent identification, the source added. Integrating IT operations can thwart these attempts, the website affirmed."