Summary: The Importance Of Information Assurance In Health Care

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A breach in security can cost healthcare organizations thousands of dollars. A failure in the measures implemented to protect electronic health information can also affect the healthcare organization patients. A data breach compromises patients name, address, social security numbers, as well as patient treatment information. Patients are put at risk of experiencing insurance fraud and identity theft. Per Aggarwal, Jamsed, Ozair, and Sharma, Prime Health Care Services Inc., paid $275,000 to settle a federal investigation for a violation of patient privacy (2015). Information Assurance in healthcare settings is imperative to comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. Failure in compliance with the U.S. Health and Human Resources HIPAA rules can impact the economic health of any health care organization. …show more content…

Developing a high -level mitigation insurance assurance strategy can assist in reducing the risk of security breaches. There are various effective strategies that health care organizations and government agencies in the United States have implemented to reduce the rick of data breaches. One of those strategies is forming groups known as “Hunt Teams” to defend their networks. The “Hunt Teams” are highly skilled creative and analytical individuals who are experts in malware analysis, advanced intrusion detection, as well as computer programing (Claburn, 2016). Information security is one mitigation strategy that is effective in protecting personal health information and complying with HIPPA

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