Managing Information Assurance Risks in Healthcare

There has been a tremendous explosion of information technology (IT) in healthcare caused by billions of dollars of government incentives for usage of digital healthcare tools. But, IT systems face threats with significant adverse impacts on institutional assets, patients, and partners if sensitive data is ever compromised. Every health enterprise is required to maintain confidentiality, integrity and availability of its information assets (this is called “information assurance” or IA). Confidentiality means private or confidential information must not be disclosed to unauthorized persons.