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Enemy at the Water Cooler
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Enemy at the Water Cooler

by Brian T Contos
October 2006
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
304 pages
5h 47m
English
Syngress
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Chapter 12. Insiders Abridged

 

“So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak.”

 
 --Sun Tzu

Malicious Use of Medical Records

Healthcare organizations have really begun to learn from others’ mistakes regarding their security posture. HIPAA has helped—there is no question about that—but like other large organizations they are just finding that good security is good business. This isn’t more relevant for anyone than it is for a patient. I was even told by this one organization that it wasn’t that uncommon for people to present healthcare staff with false identification, not to scam insurance agencies, but to protect their privacy.

Security issues with healthcare organizations unfortunately aren’t a new phenomenon.

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ISBN: 9781597491297