30% of healthcare providers see breach of personal info: Report

Hyderabad: In the post Covid world, each and every aspect of our life has moved online and healthcare sector were the early adopters of the digital world. While, this eased up a lot of processes, it also put our personal health information at risk. According to a recent research by Kaspersky, globally about 30 per […]

Hyderabad: In the post Covid world, each and every aspect of our life has moved online and healthcare sector were the early adopters of the digital world. While, this eased up a lot of processes, it also put our personal health information at risk. According to a recent research by Kaspersky, globally about 30 per cent of healthcare providers have experienced cases where their employees compromised customers’ personal information during remote consultations.

In addition to this, almost half of providers believe that their clinicians don’t clearly understand how patients’ data is protected. However, 67 per cent of them believe it is important for the healthcare sector to collect even more personal information to further industry development.

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The research showed that only 17 per cent of healthcare providers are sure that most of their clinicians that conduct remote sessions have clear insight into how their patients’ data is protected. About 54 per cent of respondents admit that some of their clinicians conduct remote sessions using apps not specifically designed for telehealth, such as FaceTime, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Zoom, and others, the report informs.

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