security issues of cloud computing in healthcare
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Security Issues of Cloud Computing in Healthcare
1- Define The Problem
There are tremendous advantages of implementing the cloud
computing technology in healthcare field. However, as we all
know there is no such a thing called “perfection”. Therefore,
health care organizations are facing some huge risks mostly
represented in: turning over data, security, availability and
control to a third party, which means that the organizations have
absolutely no control over where their data actually located.
Many EMR( Electronic Medical Records) vendors do not own their
own servers. They are rented from companies like Amazon,
Microsoft, Apple, and other data bank companies. Chances are
good that your EMR flows on the same server, and hard drives as
Twitter or Facebook. Unfortunately, Unauthorized disclosure of
information results in severe consequences to the organization
and significant costs in recovering and restoring data as well as
notifying affected individuals.
Based on the security issue some important questions have been raised;
How responsible can physicians or hospitals be for breaches by a
vendor, or cloud system provider? What about hackers? What are the
results of hacking the patients EMR?
HIPAA will become rather meaningless!
A survey has been conducted by Healthcare IT News asked its readers if their organizations plan on implementing cloud computing:
The Survey's Results:
Forty-eight percent said they plan on making cloud
computing part of their organization’s health IT
infrastructure.
While 33 percent are already using cloud. Cloud computing
has quickly made inroads in their health IT space.
Only 19 percent of respondents indicated they are not going
for the cloud because of Security issues surrounding cloud
computing
Another survey has been conducted by KLAS ( Which is a research
firm on a global mission to improve healthcare delivery by
enabling providers to be heard and to be counted) titled Cloud
Computing Perception 2013: The Hybrid Cloud in Healthcare.
The Survey's Result:
66% of non- cloud users surveyed said security was definitely
the main issue stopping them from moving forward with
adoption.