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Revenue cycle Revenue cycle management (RCM) is Athenahealth,
management the financial process, utilizing medical Convergent
billing software, that healthcare
facilities use to track patient care
episodes from registration and
appointment scheduling to the final
payment of a balance.

Pharmacy Information Assists pharmacists to manage the
System medication process.

Laboratory Information A laboratory information system (LIS) Sunquest
Systems is a software system that records, Information
manages, and stores data for clinical Systems, SSC Soft
laboratories. Computer

Medical Imaging Tracking billing information and Softneta, eMedica
Information System radiology imaging.

Security issues in healthcare

Today healthcare industry relies a lot on technology solutions that are connected and accessible through
the internet. These networks aide providers and payors in making a quick and efficient decision so the

care can be provided with better efficiency. But we cannot oversee the fact that these technologies or
networks are also making the healthcare industry a soft target for cybercriminals and hackers for wrong
motives.

What is at risk?

Yes, you guessed it right, data. As mentioned in Table 1 there are various types of healthcare information

systems that can be used by providers or payors to manage data of different entities. First, the key data
in healthcare is of the patient which will include personal information such as name, address, social
security number, contact details, date of birth and health data like illnesses and hospitalizations, allergies

and adverse drug reactions, medications and dosing, surgeries, clinical data etc. Second, financial data
i.e. bank account number, credit card details etc, which patients may have used to make payments using

their credit cards or online banking etc. Third data regarding claims settlement with payors. Finally, it can
be the Intellectual healthcare data regarding medical research, patents, etc.

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