Nursing and Informatics for the 21st Century – Embracing a Digital World, 3rd Edition
Book 4: Nursing in an Integrated Digital World that Supports People, Systems, and the Planet
2022 Productivity Press: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003281047
Chapter 7
Authors: Elaine Zacharakis Loumbas, Marisol Peters
This chapter describes the current state for the risk challenges, regulatory obligations and legal mandates facing healthcare provider organizations in today’s cybersecurity burdened world. As cybersecurity threats are growing, it is more important than ever for senior leadership of healthcare organizations to embrace a culture of security that can be implemented throughout the organization. Healthcare organizations must develop a strategy for security that incorporates legal requirements such as the HIPAA security regulations as well as industry standards. This chapter provides the background information needed by all healthcare professionals and details the legal requirements and the important steps that organizations should take to protect the healthcare information of their patients. Nurses as the majority of frontline healthcare providers play an important role in safeguarding their patient’s information and the security of their organization’s electronic systems.