HIT Consultant July 30, 2020
Sachin Nayyar, CEO at Securonix

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous ripple effect across all industries, with one of the most impacted being healthcare. Providers have had to quickly adapt to supporting patients ‘virtually’ in a secure manner, while simultaneously developing procedures to support accurate reporting to government organizations. These changes have placed added pressure on security and privacy professionals, as they struggle to keep up with urgent demand.

Mature healthcare organizations already have stringent policies and procedures in place to remain compliant with government regulatory requirements (i.e., HIPAA, HITECH Act, etc.) and protect patients’ privacy. However, with the new focus on telehealth, unprecedented patient growth, and strict regulations on reporting, the key threats healthcare security and privacy teams need to be able to...

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Topics: Digital Health, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Healthcare System, HIPAA, Patient / Consumer, Privacy / Security, Provider, Technology, Telehealth
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