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organizational network and raise the alarm. This can help IS security managers in taking preventive steps
to stop the breach. In addition to that there are automatic AI-based response systems are available that
can handle any incident and act without human intervention. In case of healthcare organizations need to
invest in AI-based solutions because it can help them in saving a lot of cost due to the data breach.
Conclusion
Though data is an important asset for any industry but in case of healthcare it poses unique challenges
as discussed. Ensuring the security of data in healthcare is not the responsibility of just one stakeholder
but everyone must do their part to make it work be it patient, provider, payor or policymaker. Healthcare
information systems can’t operate in isolation they need an integrated approach to provide efficient
collaboration and communication between information systems used by different providers. In case any
one of the links in the network is weak the ball will be in the court of criminals which may lead to a breach
leading to severe damages. Research studies suggest that the healthcare industry is becoming one of
the prime targets by criminals, therefore, there is an urgent need to take preventive measures by the
industry stakeholders to ensure the security of care data.
About the Author
Prerna Lal is an Assistant Professor in Information Management at
International Management Institute New Delhi, India and a published
writer in journals and publications, both Indian and international. She
is an engineer with an MBA degree (IIT-Roorkee). She is a SAP-
certified consultant and has ITIL® V3 Foundation-level certificate in
IT Service Management. She has more than 16 years of experience
in academics and research with areas of interest being Data
Warehousing and Data Mining, Business Analytics, Management
Information System, Software Project Management, IT Service
Management, Cyber Law, and Cloud Computing. She earned her
Ph.D. in the area of Cloud Computing from Banasthali University,
Rajasthan, India. She can be reached at [email protected].
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