PORTLAND, Ore., July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile devices have become as common as the stethoscope in patient's rooms. Physicians routinely review patients' electronic health records (EHR), read test results, access diagnostic tools and take patient notes, all with a few touches on their iPad or tablet, smartphone or using a flash drive. These mobile devices are ideal for information sharing and time savings, but they pose huge security risks to patient information.
In less than two years, from September 22, 2009 through May 8, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) indicates that 116 data breaches of 500 records or more were the direct result of the loss or theft of a mobile device, exposing more than 1.9 million patients' PHI. A panel of five experts in the fields of healthcare IT, security and privacy, data breach and identity theft—Jill Arena, Chad Boeckmann, Rebecca Herold, Rick Kam, and Robert Siciliano—share their insights on how healthcare organizations and providers can optimize mobile health (mHealth) while protecting patients' data.
Electronic Health Records Increase Mobile Device Usage
Sixty-four percent of physicians own smartphones and 30 percent of physicians have an iPad, with another 28 percent planning to buy one within six months, according to a recent Manhattan Research study. 10,000 mobile healthcare applications are available today on the iPad, with a larger number of them created to provide access to electronic health records. Additionally, one-third of physicians use their mobile devices to input to EHR while seeing patients, while the information is fresh.
Experts Offer Their Insights on mHealth
Jill Arena, managing partner, Health e Practice Solutions, LLC, consulting and technology solutions,
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