From the course: Data Governance for the Healthcare Industry
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Healthcare risk assessment frameworks and access controls
From the course: Data Governance for the Healthcare Industry
Healthcare risk assessment frameworks and access controls
- [Narrator] Healthcare organizations face a delicate balance. They must safeguard patient information while ensuring that doctors and nurses can quickly access it when needed. This creates a challenge because the stronger security often means it's lower access, but healthcare workers need instant access to provide good care. How do we achieve this balance? Let's check it out. Effective security begins with structured risk assessment. First, you need to find out what risks you have, and healthcare organizations use special tools such as the HHS Security Risk Assessment Tool to pinpoint those risks. Your assessment should catalog critical assets, such as protected health information, documenting where disinformation resides, and who needs access. Then identify potential threats from external attackers to human error, along with weak spots, like old systems, shortcuts in workflows, and unsecured devices. The second step is to decide which risks matter the most. Look at how likely each…
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