Prevention of Misuse of Information Technology in the Health Industry

Abstract

Technological advances in the field of digitalization and networks of information have made the world enter the industrial revolution 4.0 including in the health and medical sector. This revolution is marked by the easy exchange of information in a short amount of time without being limited by geographical constraints and the shift from paper-based documents to digital. The health sector has also begun to adopt the 4.0 revolution by making health services more accessible to the public such as online medical applications, the use of electronic medical records, and the use of big data to personalize medical therapy for sick people. Even though the use of this information technology has a lot of benefits, there is also potential to be misused such as the purchase of dangerous medicines and leakage of patient's medical data also inadequate support from telemedical services due to a lack of guidance for personnel which has the potential to harm both physically and materially. Indonesia currently does not have a defense mechanism and regulations to protect its citizen from the misuse of information technology in the health industry. Systematic efforts are needed so that the use of information technology can run properly and safely. There need to be some measures to prevent the unlawful use of health information technology such as strict regulation and monitoring, defense against cyber hacking and leakage, also adequate training for the operators of health services in using the technology