title: Safe: a status update on information security and the hospital community.
abstract: IT Security and Privacy are becoming increasingly visible "hot topics" across the full spectrum of industry and service sectors. Legislation and global "best practices" are working hard to defend organizations and individuals against escalating, rapidly evolving cyber-threats. Predictably, the threat landscape is having an impact on all levels to varying degrees: governmental, organizational and individual. This article introduces the basic context for information security and offers insight into how a number of hospitals are addressing the situation, what barriers they currently face and what opportunities they see unfolding.
authors.affiliation: rita.fundner@rogers.com
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fundner
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006764:Hospitals, Community / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012637:Security Measures