Hacking into e-health records is too easy, group says

Sometimes I even find this difficult to relay to some health care workers when emphasizing the use of passwords and other log on procedures...yes it takes a few extra seconds to log in but for security reasons...well worth it and well worth the effort for all the patients...Security is always a most difficult subject for me at at times as it is an expense with no real return on investment, but if you are caught without it...well e all know the downside...BD   

For the most part, EHR systems are no more vulnerable to hackers than other kinds of application software used in other industries, the report states. However, medical software users are less aware of vulnerabilities and are spending less on IT security as a portion of their revenues, the study found.

The good news: The “risk of vulnerability exploitation can be dramatically reduced when vulnerabilities are known and appropriate security controls are in place,” the report’s executive summary states.

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