Aspects of healthcare computer networks security in the education of students of medicine and healthcare management

Abstract

The ever-growing implementation of information technologies in healthcare and medicine, especially the developments of electronic medical records (EMR) and the connection of clinical data bases, as well as the freedom these systems offer in relation to their usage force the development of new policy and security procedures for protection the privacy and confidentiality of medical data. As more healthcare organizations acquire, process and store information in electronic format and use local and public communication systems and networks to transfer medical information between the different healthcare institutions, they have to secure adequate mechanisms for the protection of this information.