Healthcare information privacy: Growing need for security techniques in healthcare systems

Abstract

Health information is related to a person’s medical history, including symptoms, diagnoses, procedures, and outcomes. Information privacy and security have gained utmost importance in the healthcare sector due to the sudden paradigm shift towards digitization in the healthcare. The digitization of patient records has increased regulations, need for the exchange of information points towards the need for a robust information security system. Considering the sensitive nature of healthcare data, it has become essential to have a reliable information security infrastructure. The strategies that need to be adopted should not only react and protect the sensitive. Healthcare data but should also be able to foresee and prevent any kind of offensives launched by cybercriminals. Qualitative Research Methodology was employed where a group of people was surveyed through an online questionnaire and focused group discussions, in-depth interviews of professionals having work experience in healthcare. Their responses were recorded and analyzed to provide a better in-depth insight into healthcare information security.