Healthcare IT News August 11, 2020
Panelists at the ONC Tech Forum on Monday advised mapping the functions of health information exchanges to “confidentiality, integrity and availability.”
Health information exchanges can be a way for providers to access clinical information in efficient and, ideally, seamless ways.
But experts say they can also present security challenges.
“You should be constantly thinking about how to map what an HIE does, and what it is, to our security base: confidentiality, integrity and availability.” said Jenn Behrens, chief information security officer at San Diego Health Connect.
Behrens was among several panelists who weighed in at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s Tech Forum on Monday about best practices for HIE network management.
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