Dissertation topic proposal

Running head: DISSERTATION TOPIC 1

DISSERTATION TOPIC 2

Health Information Safety and Security

The research topic is health information safety and security in healthcare facilities. The security and privacy of health information of patients in healthcare facilities are of growing concern and importance. There is a lack of patients’ health information privacy and security in healthcare facilities (Sittig, Belmont, & Singh, 2018). Some of the issues recently addressed on health information privacy and security include the adoption of digital patient recording, providers’ consolidation, and increased regulation. Peer-reviewed articles on this topic include public health, non-information systems, popular trade publications, etc.

The research questions include; what are the privacy and security measures put in place to ensure a patient’s health information security? How to improve health information security and privacy on non-information and information systems? There is an existing gap in health information security, thus the need for both the federal and state governments to enact laws that enhance health information security (Skierka, 2018). For instance, there is an existing gap in most healthcare facilities in the adoption of EHR (universal Electronic Health Records) (Skierka, 2018). The study's purpose is to find out the existing privacy and security risks in health information provided by patients while in healthcare facilities.

The research focuses on the privacy, safety, and security of the data, patients reveal out to physicians on their health history. The research study targets the middle age group from 15 years to 40 years of age. The study will deploy qualitative research methodology to conduct research, mainly through qualitative questionnaires. As a software engineer in the healthcare domain, this dissertation relates to my work. The digitalization of healthcare records needs software programs to be developed, which is the task of a software engineer.

References

Kruse, C. S., Smith, B., Vanderlinden, H., & Nealand, A. (2017). Security techniques for the electronic health records. Journal of medical systems, 41(8), 127.

Sittig, D. F., Belmont, E., & Singh, H. (2018, March). Improving the safety of health information technology requires shared responsibility: It is time we all step up. In Healthcare (Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 7-12). Elsevier.

Skierka, I. M. (2018). The governance of safety and security risks in connected healthcare.