title: 2008 HIMSS analytics report: security of patient data.
abstract: This report, released in April 2008, summarizes findings from a survey of senior executives from healthcare organizations across the United States on how their organizations are dealing with an environment in which the need to secure patient data is ever becoming an increasingly greater priority. The survey was conducted by HIMSS Analytics, Chicago, IL (http://www.himssanalytics.org/), a company which collects and analyzes healthcare organization data relating to IT processes and environments. The report was funded by Kroll Fraud Solutions, Nashville, TN (www. krollfraudsolutions.com), a provider of data protection and identity theft response services. Excerpts from the report are reprinted with permission. To download the entire report, go to: http//www.krollfraudsolutions.corr/about-kroll/HIMSS-Patient-Data-Security-Study.aspx
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security; D003219:Confidentiality; D033161:Government Regulation; D019981:Health Care Sector / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007256:Information Systems / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States