Security in Healthcare: How Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) violates Healt

Bring Your Own Device policy (BYOD) in health care organizations is a growing trend that shows a considerably positive effect that few people could notice all intrusions that may accompany it. The policy allows staff in an organization to hold in their personal electronic devices like mobile phones, computers, and laptops to facilitate their work by helping store and access certain nurture (Herzig 20). Health amends Portability and right Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996. It entails security and solitude regulations constructed to ensure impregnable security measures are applied to protect patient data in health facilities, especially where BYOD policy is active. The policies provided in HIPAA also ensure that sole(prenominal) authorized people access information stored in the devices used by health providers (Powell 1-2).HIPAA security regulations offer standards for ensuring that patient data on electronic devices are safeguarded. HIPAA cover how we can use and disclose pat ient information while the HIPAA privacy policies explain how patient information should be accessed and disclosed. Schneider (55) reviews that violation of HIPAA security and privacy laws studyly entail the attainment, retrieving and using medical information by a person who is not subject to the health data or is not permitted to offer medical services.How BYOD can violate HIPAA security/privacy lawsLack of ConfidentialityBYOD policy may not promote confidentiality and integrity, which is a major requirement in the HIPAA regulations (Health Information Privacy). Health providers should come up with strategies to ascertain up on and protect information they have concerning their client. 5111 Physical gage Policy ensures that the security of the devices used by ... ...Security in Healthcare build a Security Program. Chicago, IL HIMSS, 2013. Print.HIPAA. Minneapolis, MN Minnesota Institute of efficacious Education, 2003. Print.Liu, Yu. PACS and Digital Medicine Essential Princ iples and Modern Practice. Boca Raton, FL CRC Press, 2011. 11. PrintPowell, Suzanne. HIPAA. Lippincotts Case attention 8.1 (2003) 1-2.Roberts, Albert. Do BYOD Programs Encourage Bullying. Edutopia. 24 May 2013. Web. 12 Nov. 2013. .Schneider, Mary Ellen. HIPAA privacy enforcement. (Policy & Practice). OB GYN News 2003 55.Widmer, Lori. HIPAA critical since the passage of the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, companies have been working toward compliance. Yet are risk managers pull in? (Liability).Risk & Insurance 1 Aug. 2003 35.