Survey shows a lack of security precautions
Survey shows a lack of security precautions
At a recent satellite conference on information security, the Chicago-based American Health Information Management Association surveyed 400 health information management professionals about security at their institutions.
The results included:
• Forty-eight percent of those surveyed said their organizations have information security management plans; 25% were unsure.
• Thirty-one percent said not all users have unique passwords that only they know.
• Sixty-four percent said their organizations do not at all or upon request audit access to their systems.
• Twenty-six percent were certain that their facilities have confidentiality statements by vendors; 42% reported their organizations did not have these; 32% were unsure.
• Seventy-five percent said their institutions have not tested a disaster plan, including information disaster scenarios.
• Forty-four percent said their departmental policies and procedures do not specify what information can leave the building via diskette, fax, or modem.
• Forty-five percent reported that all diskettes brought into the office are scanned for viruses.
Source: American Health Information Management Association, Chicago.
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