Last week, the American Hospital Association released its 2014 Most Wired Hospitals list, identifying those providers effectively harnessing and deploying health IT to improve care delivery.
Safeguarding protected health information is a growing concern in the health IT world, as the number of HIPAA data breaches is on the rise. Here are the top seven ways the Most Wired Hospitals protect PHI through security measures for authorized users.
1. Automatic logoff — 98 percent
2. Access control (ie. biometrics, keycards, etc.) — 95 percent
3. Strong password requirements — 86 percent
4. Single sign-on — 78 percent
5. Identity management — 74 percent
6. Two-factor authentication — 71 percent
7. Digital signature systems — 61 percent
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