European Hospitals' Transition Toward Fully Electronic-Based Systems: Do Information Technology Security and Privacy Practices Follow?

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Traditionally, health information has been mainly kept in paper-based records. This has deeply changed throughout approximately the last three decades with the widespread use of multiple health information technologies. The digitization of health care systems contributes to improving health care delivery. However, it also exposes health records to security and privacy breaches inherently related to information technology (IT). Thus, health care organizations willing to leverage IT for improved health care delivery need to put in place IT security and privacy measures consistent with their use of IT resources. OBJECTIVE:In this study, 2 main objectives are pursued: (1) to assess the state of the implementation of IT security and privacy practices in European hospitals and (2) to

SUBMITTER: Uwizeyemungu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6452275 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature