The document discusses data breaches in healthcare organizations. It notes that data breaches can occur due to weak passwords, untrustworthy staff, or simple mistakes like leaving secured data unsecured. The document emphasizes the importance of understanding where security vulnerabilities are and how to prevent breaches. It recommends that healthcare organizations provide training on privacy laws and data security standards, and enforce patient information safety teams to track and report on data access and use across the organization.

1. Week1
Discussion Question 2
Data Breeches

2. Data Breech
Data Breaches can come in the form of weak
passwords, untrustworthy staff and simple mistake
like, leaving data that’s stored securely, secured
doors unlocked.

3. Data Breech cont.
In looking at today’s healthcare data breach
landscape, it’s important to understand where these
security holes are, what they mean to individual
healthcare organizations and what can be done to
prevent a breach from happening. Healthcare
organizations must stay ahead of the competition
and using technology is a big way of doing so.

4. Data Breech cont.
Many organizations are providing training on how to
secure information by utilizing the basic standards of
care and teachings on HIPPA privacy laws to ensure
patient information security.

5. Data Breech cont.
A good way to control patient information breeches is
to put enforce a patient information safety team who
leads the entire organization on securing patient data.
The team can keep track of how and when patient data
is being accessed and what use as well as by who.The
safety team manager can report to the organization’s
board in efforts to keep all informed of what is working
and not.

6. Reference
Bill Kleyman. (2013). Healthcare data breaches: Reviewing
the ramifications. Health IT Security Internet Website.
Retrieved from http://healthitsecurity.com/news/healthcare-
data-breaches-reviewing-the-ramifications/