Safeguarding protected health information is becoming more prevalent than ever as HIPAA concerns and data breaches continue to be top of mind in the health IT field.
AHA's Hospital & Health Networks magazine presents the seven most commonly used security tools to prevent unauthorized access to patient data. The percentages are for all respondents to H&HN's Most Wired Survey. The percentages for this year's Most Wired Hospitals are in parentheses.
1. Intrusion detection systems — 84 percent (94 percent)
2. Remote data-wiping capabilities — 83 percent (91 percent)
3. Privacy audit systems — 77 percent (87 percent)
4. Security incident management — 76 percent (88 percent)
5. Data loss prevention — 71 percent (78 percent)
6. Provisioning systems — 58 percent (71 percent)
7. Utilize pattern detection against automated login attempts — 43 percent (54 percent)
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