You Might Have a Culture of Healthcare IT Security if…

I’ve often written that the key to really ensuring the security and privacy of data in healthcare, we need healthcare organizations to build a culture of security and privacy. It’s not just going to happen with a short term sprint.

So, I thought I’d have some fun and turn it into a list of ways for you to know if your organization has an organization of healthcare IT security or not.

You might have a culture of healthcare IT security if…your chief security officer has power to influence change.

You might have a culture of healthcare IT security if…you’ve spent time doing risk mitigation after your HIPAA risk assessment.

You might have a culture of healthcare IT security if…you’ve found breaches in your system (Note that you found them as opposed to them finding you).

You might have a culture of healthcare IT security if…you’ve turned down a company because of their inability to show you security best practices.

You might have a culture of healthcare IT security if…you’ve spent as much time on people as technology.

You might have a culture of healthcare IT security if…someone other than your chief security officer or HIPAA committee has brought a security issue to your attention.

You might have a culture of healthcare IT security if…you’ve spent a sleepless night worrying about security at your organization.

I’m sure I’m missing some obvious things. Please add to the list in the comments.

About the author

John Lynn

John Lynn is the Founder of HealthcareScene.com, a network of leading Healthcare IT resources. The flagship blog, Healthcare IT Today, contains over 13,000 articles with over half of the articles written by John. These EMR and Healthcare IT related articles have been viewed over 20 million times.

John manages Healthcare IT Central, the leading career Health IT job board. He also organizes the first of its kind conference and community focused on healthcare marketing, Healthcare and IT Marketing Conference, and a healthcare IT conference, EXPO.health, focused on practical healthcare IT innovation. John is an advisor to multiple healthcare IT companies. John is highly involved in social media, and in addition to his blogs can be found on Twitter: @techguy.

   

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