Health IT Security January 5, 2018
Healthcare data privacy and security is one of the most important HIM topics for 2018, as cybersecurity threats will only continue to evolve.
Potential cyberattacks and other cybersecurity threats will help keep healthcare data privacy and security main concerns going into 2018, according to recent AHIMA predictions.
In total, AHIMA members listed eight key focus areas. Privacy and security was cited as the one that HIM professionals would most want to be able to accurately predict.
“I think that HIM professionals need to get more experience and education in cybersecurity,” AHIMA Vice President of Information Governance, Informatics, and Standards Katherine Downing, MA, RHIA, CHPS, PMP, CPHI said. “They need to be at the table. They need to lead business continuity...