Healthcare Information Security and Privacy

Sean P. Murphy

Jan 2015 · McGraw Hill Professional

About this eBook

Secure and protect sensitive personal patient healthcare information

Written by a healthcare information security and privacy expert, this definitive resource fully addresses security and privacy controls for patient healthcare information. Healthcare Information Security and Privacy introduces you to the realm of healthcare and patient health records with a complete overview of healthcare organization, technology, data, occupations, roles, and third parties.

Learn best practices for healthcare information security and privacy with coverage of information governance, risk assessment and management, and incident response. Written for a global audience, this comprehensive guide covers U.S. laws and regulations as well as those within the European Union, Switzerland, and Canada.

Healthcare Information and Security and Privacy covers:

Healthcare industry

Regulatory environment

Privacy and security in healthcare

Information governance

Risk assessment and management

About the author

Sean P. Murphy, HCISPP, FACHE, CPHIMS, CISSP-ISSMP, CIPP-IT, is a vice president at Leidos Health and serves as the organization's HIPAA/health information security officer. He was a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force Medical Service Corps and chairperson of the Health Information Management & Systems Society (HIMSS) Privacy and Security Committee.