More than half of American hospitals fail to take appropriate steps to protect the privacy of patients, according to a new survey of health care IT security professionals.
Released Tuesday by the Ponemon Institute, the survey, titled “Electronic Health Information at Risk: A Study of IT Practitioners,” found that 80 percent of responding health care organizations had experienced at least one incident of lost or stolen electronic health information in the past year.
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Among the IT professionals surveyed, 70 percent said senior management does not view privacy and data security as a priority..
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