HIMSS Analytics Report 2010: Security of Patient Data examines data security practices at hospitals across the United States. The second in a series of bi-annual studies on this topic, the report follows the 2008 Kroll-HIMSS Analytics Report. A pool of 250 respondents, comprised of Senior IT Executives, Chief Security Officers, Health Information Management (HIM) Directors/Managers, Compliance and Privacy Officers, were surveyed regarding the status of patient data safety at their hospitals.
Key findings of the 2010 report include:
Incident response, digital forensics, breach notification, managed detection services, penetration testing, cyber assessments and advisory.