Medical & HealthCare Sector

The healthcare industry as a whole is steadily overcoming its relative lack of investment in information technology through the 1990s. One significant implications, however, is that much greater quantities of sensitive information are now being put into electronic form and then being made available in a networked environment. With this comes the responsibility to ensure that such data is properly protected. In other words, providing greater accessibility to information to facilitate enhanced patient care and greater efficiency of healthcare operations must be balanced with the need to maintain the privacy and integrity of sensitive, electronic Patient Healthcare Information (ePHI).

Why Medical & HealthCare Sector want " Secure Online Data Servers & Secured VOIP Services"

• Healthcare is an industry where, in many situations, the timely availability and accuracy of information can literally mean the difference between life and death. As such, the level of criticality and sensitivity of computing functions being conducted on healthcare networks often exceeds that associated with the networks of typical commercial organizations.

• Consequently, it is not surprising that the industry is subject to regulation of how it operates various computer-based components and how it safeguards the privacy and integrity of patient information. Some of these regulations are the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Title 21 Code of Federal Regulations (21CFR Part 11), and FDA Section 510(k) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. All of these regulations work to implement a comprehensive set of administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to protect networks and systems, and, in turn, the information that is transported and stored.

• The basic issue at hand is the opening of the hospital network to the general public, and the political stakes and government regulations need to work towards pushing this new deal. General practitioners need to access their patients’ health files and the first step is to send them reports on radiology or operations.

• Electronic Document Interchanges (EDIs) between general practitioners  of the Hospital  and patients involve the setup of a global and comprehensive security policy.