Mobile health (mHealth) applications have revolutionized the healthcare industry. But in today’s smart healthcare ecosystem, concerns about security are paramount.
With the number of mobile devices used in the healthcare enterprises growing every day, maintaining compliance and security has become an enormous challenge.
Even if you build a robust infrastructure, there’s always going to be room for human error. I mean think about it, how many times have you texted information to the wrong person by accident?
We’re all guilty of it at one time or another, so it’s really not a stretch to think that doctors and healthcare professionals could do the same.
Further, over the last couple of years, government entities and retailers have hogged the headlines when it comes to cyber attacks, but healthcare also had its own share of breaches. Although texting awards an efficient means of communication in a busy environment, breaches can have dire financial and legal consequences. So it’s a serious issue that needs to be tackled.
If you look into the data of reported healthcare breaches, you’ll see that security breaches are already widespread. About seven years ago, the breaches were mostly associated with physical theft of equipment and that makes sense as we hadn’t really started using mHealth apps at that point.
But in recent years, hacking and unauthorized access and disclosure have come to the forefront, but theft of devices is also recurring. Health plans are what’s targeted the most by criminals with health providers and business associates following close behind.
To secure messaging in mHealth apps, a good place to start is by assessing the policies and procedures that are in place.
Another challenge is to enable security in a highly collaborative environment. There’s communication between the physician and patient, physician and nurse and so on.
Also, are you collecting information for marketing purposes? If so, what kind of data are you going to share?
As a result, there’s a lot to take into consideration when it comes to mHealth texting and security. Here are some key steps to consider:
But keeping PHI secure doesn’t stop there as more needs to be done to avoid security breaches. Here are some additional steps to follow:
Healthcare providers and IT professionals have a lot to keep them busy as security is an ongoing issue that has to be tackled on a daily basis. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution to keeping PHI safe while staying compliant.
There’s a high cost of data breaches for both patients and providers. As a result, it will require constant monitoring and creative thinking to keep up with the evolution of technology and criminality.
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