When you think about a data breach, you probably think about things like maximum fines and penalties of $1.5 million, willful neglect, corrective action plans, and so forth, right? Well, think again.
Cybersecurity threats, cloud computing, proliferation of mobile device technology, and the pervasiveness of social media directly affect healthcare operations and privacy and information security programs?as does the explosion of data, which makes safeguarding information assets increasingly more important and difficult.
To fully understand where your organization's risks lie, you not only need to have a firm grasp on risk analysis and assessment processes, you need to define these processes as well.
The Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare System in Boston is putting technology to use to track patient health in the home setting. The center uses the latest technologies, from text messaging and social media to remote monitoring and patients downloading their medical records to help them take control of chronic conditions.
The intent of quality and safety programs is evaluating and monitoring performance and improving results. Organizations develop annual quality and safety plans with measurable objectives that departments adopt and include as integral to their performance improvement plans.
