The 4 biggest healthcare IT headaches

[...]while the governance of information causes headaches for IT leaders across all industries, when it comes to healthcare, the myriad of confidentiality and privacy concerns for CIOs and health information management administrators creates added complexity,” says Ken Mortensen, data protection officer at InterSystems. HIPAA compliance “HIPAA [the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act] states that healthcare providers must use ‘appropriate administrative, physical and technical safeguards to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and security of electronic protected health information,’” says Kate Borten, founder of The Marblehead Group. [...]managing this challenge requires asset management, strict controls on the network, network segmentation considerations, inventories and tracking of devices, [as well as] monitoring manufacturer sites for patches and upgrades.” [...]healthcare organizations must ensure that their system acquisition process includes a thorough security review before purchases are made, and that the selected systems are updated as needed to remain secure,” says Trent R. Hein, cofounder &...