Survey Says Security Measures are Sub-Standard

June 24, 2011
Seventy Seven percent of hospitals and health systems in the U.S. are "not very confident" in the effectiveness of their information security

Seventy Seven percent of hospitals and health systems in the U.S. are "not very confident" in the effectiveness of their information security standards, according to a survey conducted by New York-based PricewaterhouseCoopers and CIO Magazine (Framingham, Mass.).

Key finding of the survey, entitled "The State of Information Security 2007," include:

  • 86 percent are "not very confident" in their outsourced vendors' information security activities.
  • 45 percent of hospitals and health systems have no idea how to measure the effectiveness of their information security spending.
  • 84 percent of providers said that regulatory compliance is what is driving their information security spending.
  • The most probable source of information security breaches are internal, with 5 percent of respondents saying breaches were caused by employees, and another 18 percent saying former employees caused a security infringement.
  • Improving physician effectiveness and quality of life is a top priority for provider organizations, with 75 percent now having secure remote access.

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