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As the number of healthcare professionals toting their personal mobile devices to work increases, so does the risk of a subsequent security breach.
As mobile technology advances, hospitals and other healthcare facilities are increasingly evolving into bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environments. This transformation challenges organizations to remain HIPAA compliant while addressing issues such as device and application management, and vulnerability to malicious attacks.
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3 Tips for Safeguarding Against Data Breaches |
In 2012, the Massachusetts Ear and Eye Infirmary was hit with a $1.5 million fine when they lost control of a mobile device containing sensitive medical records of its patients. By no means was the other side of the nation immune: Alaska's public health network was ordered to pay up for a similar data breach.
Instances of healthcare organizations being dinged for failing to keep a tight enough lid on patient records have been racking up over the past few years. Combine that with the increasing prevalence of mobile devices in healthcare and the large sector of the industry clamoring for BYOD, and many organizations are seemingly faced with a lose-lose situation where either staff are happy and enabled to work more efficiently, but prone to costly and dangerous data leaks. So it would seem, at least.
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