Hospitals need to ‘rethink their approach’ to data security

  • 20 October 2014
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Monday, October 20th 2014 by Hannah Langston 

 An e-health expert has called for a fresh approach to securing NHS patients' records.
Silvia Piai, research manager for IDC Health Insights, told us that the ability to share information safely is a huge priority among healthcare professionals but processes need to change.
“As we share more online, hospitals need to rethink their approach to security. It goes beyond a single user – doctors' surgeries, hospitals and eventually social care providers will share the same information.
"Security needs to be focused on following the patient information lifecycle, which is a complete change of what’s been before.
 
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