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Technologies Healthcare computer systems process a lot of data
and there has been rising concerns in an industry already
committed to protecting patient information. The Health
Information Portability and Accountability Act in the United
States and the Data Protection Act in the United Kingdom, backed
by the European Directive on Data Protection, are some of the
laws that have been passed to patients’ privacy and
confidentiality are protected whenever their details are
processed by healthcare computer systems. The onus is now on
healthcare organisations to secure data on their systems as
stated out in these laws. Failure to comply will result in fines
being brought against the offending organisations and in some
cases Security technologies are available to assist prevent
unauthorised access of patient information. Three areas that
these technologies have been addressing are - Data Theft –This
includes unauthorised copy of data and equipment theft, e