Step 1. Read McGonigle & Mastrian, Chapter 12, Electronic Security and Informatics Tools to Promote Patient Safety, or review the power point presentation on Electronic Security developed from chapter information in Week 9 folder
Step 2: Read the online article: Metzger, K. & Miller, I. (2016 June 3). Cybersecurity and Data Protection: Helping Healthcare Clients Protect Patient Information. Lexis Practice Advisor Journal. Retrieved from
https://www.lexisnexis.com/lexis-practice-advisor/the-journal/b/lpa/archive/2016/06/03/cybersecurity-and-data-protection-helping-healthcare-clients-protect-patient-information.aspx
Use this link to access the article.
Step 3. Respond to the following questions (also see last three slides of the power point presentation) and post your answers to each question on the Discussion Board for Week 9 in approximately 300 words.
Research cloud based computing services in relation to health care. What are the major security and privacy challenges? Please choose three and describe them in detail. There are apps to consider if you have a personal interest in secure cloud storage and file sharing: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sync.mobileapp&hl=en
Sue is a COPD clinic nurse enrolled in a Master’s education program. She is interested in writing a paper on the factors that are associated with poor compliance with medical regimens and associated re-hospitalization of COPD patients. She downloads patient information from the clinic database to a thumb drive that she later accesses on her home computer. Sue understands rules about privacy of information and believes that since she is a nurse and needs this information for a graduate school assignment that she is entitled to the information. Is Sue correct in her thinking? Describe why she is or is not correct.
What safeguards are taken at your place of employment to protect patient electronic health records or company information?
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