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Week 6 – Project Literature Review

A Literature Review

In the US, health care providers are required to uphold the confidentiality of patient data for both physical and electronic data. To achieve this goal, organizations usually undertake varying measures, such as technologies, policies, and behavioral measures (Patil & Seshadri, 2014). Mayo Clinic has placed privacy policies that must be complied with by physicians and nurses, among other practitioners who are provided with training to promote their orientation to secure patient data handling. Also, the organization encrypts all data before they are stored or transmitted over its robust information systems (Privacy Policy, 2012). Mckesson, a healthcare provider, has invested in a complex IT system that enables it to handle and store data securely. Also, the provider emphasizes the role of the physicians and nurses where oath and policies are facilitated to ascertain that each party takes individual responsibility (Privacy Notice, 2020). United Health has implemented a robust data management system that prioritizes the tracking of patients' records. The institution ensures there is no redundancy, and no errors are reported when handling data like that can cause serious harm to data integrity (Privacy, 2020). The organizations take measures to promote secure handling of patient data in line with the stipulated regulations.

Additionally, organizations are adopting newer and better technologies, such as big data and Blockchain technologies. Such technologies require independent handling of data to avoid escalation of privacy issues (Manogaran, Thota, Lopez & Sundarasekar, 2017). As the players in the industry shift to newer technologies, the focus should be on the security of the data, in line with the compliance regulations (Sethi, 2018). Such awareness will result in the adoption of better technologies that promote the confidentiality of customer data.

References

Manogaran, G., Thota, C., Lopez, D., & Sundarasekar, R. (2017). Big data security intelligence for healthcare industry 4.0. In Cybersecurity for Industry 4.0 (pp. 103-126). Springer, Cham.

Patil, H. K., & Seshadri, R. (2014). Big data security and privacy issues in healthcare. In 2014 IEEE international congress on big data (pp. 762-765). IEEE

Privacy. (2020, June 03). Retrieved from United HealthCare: https://www.uhc.com/privacy

Privacy Notice. (2020, February 27). Retrieved from McKesson: https://www.mckesson.com/About-McKesson/Privacy-Notice/

Privacy Policy. (2012, March 16). Retrieved from Mayo Clinic: https://mcmapp.mayoclinic.org/content/PrivacyPolicy.htm

Sethi, S. (2018). Healthcare blockchain leads to transform the healthcare industry. International Journal of Advanced Research, Ideas, and Innovations in Technology, 4(1), 607-608.