Regulatory Support to Prevent Health Data Breaches

Abstract

Digitalization of health data is one of the advances in the era of information technology. It is very useful for both the patient and the paramedic. Unfortunately, it also has a hole because there are more breaches due to the leakage of health data nowadays. Electronic health data is particularly vulnerable, as it is most often targeted by attackers or hackers. Health data were considered to have the most sensitive personal data. In Indonesia, there have been several leaks of health data. The breached data are from government-owned applications including BPJS Kesehatan, eHAC, and vaccine certificates. The health data needed to be protected, so there is no misuse of it. The breached health data can be harmful to the person affected. This study is to capture the situation and problem of health data breaches on the government-owned application in Indonesia. The result of this paper is to propose a recommendation to minimize the occurrence of health data breaches. Strategic moves are needed in anticipating the occurrence of health data breaches. One of the steps that can be taken is the preparation of regulations to secure health data. With the relevant regulations, it is projected that the breach of health data can be minimized.