From Hospital Care to Rehabilitation: Why the Secure Transfer of Data is Critical to a Successful Patient Journey
HIT Consultant December 13, 2024
Throughout an individual’s healthcare journey, they may circulate through various facilities. For example, what might begin at a primary care provider’s (PCP) office may escalate to a hospital stay, followed by a rehabilitation center. At each step of this journey, a patient’s information must be documented and transferred to the respective providers and, even more importantly, remain secure in the process. This can be accomplished by ensuring the devices – transferring this data—like printers and scanners – are adequately equipped to combat potential security risks.
Between 2009 and 2023, 5,887 healthcare data breaches involving 500 or more records were reported to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), disclosing 519,935,970 healthcare records. That equates to more than 1.5x the population...