{"id":14950,"date":"2016-12-20T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-20T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.netpresenter.com\/?post_type=knowledge&p=14950"},"modified":"2025-01-10T11:58:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T10:58:31","slug":"employees-play-a-crucial-role-in-protecting-patient-data","status":"publish","type":"knowledge","link":"https:\/\/www.netpresenter.com\/knowledge-center\/cybersecurity-awareness\/employees-play-a-crucial-role-in-protecting-patient-data","title":{"rendered":"Employees play a crucial role in protecting patient data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Although healthcare institutions know they must protect and secure patient data, it often ends up being compromised. This is revealed in a study <\/a>conducted by consulting firm PBLQ, commissioned by Minister Schippers of Health. The recent digitization of patient data poses a serious threat to privacy. Employees often do not know how to handle this digital data, resulting in increasingly frequent data breaches. But how can healthcare institutions prevent employees from (unintentionally) leaking patient data?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In October, the medical records of hundreds of patients from Isala Hospital in Zwolle were compromised when a private laptop belonging to a medical intern was stolen. Although privacy rules state that she should not have had this information on her laptop, she was unaware of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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