There Is Still So Much To Learn: Privacy & Security Forum 2015 Recap

Last week's Privacy & Security Forum presented by HIMSS Media and Healthcare IT News provided attendees with many important insights and practical tips for protecting the privacy and security of digital health information.

In case you missed it, here are some of the highlights:

1. A hospital's privacy and security teams should round to check on their programs just like a physician rounds on his patients:

   Physicians round on their inpatients every day to check and see how they are doing and adjust the course of treatment as needed. Privacy and security teams should conduct "rounds" as well, visiting all areas of the hospital to check on the health and wellbeing of their privacy and security programs. To the extent that any infirmity is identified, an exam should be conducted, the problem diagnosed, and appropriate treatments implemented.