Studying how SAP Helps Healthcare Organizations Meet Regulatory Compliance and Enhance Data Security Measures

Authors: Surya Sai Ram Parimi

Country: India

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Abstract: The main purpose of this study is to assess the aspect of data security and compliance through SAP solutions. We are living in a fast world that is being dominated by technology on a daily basis and thus the issue of having very sensitive and private information in databases remains very large. These databases contain crucial information that is not only susceptive to different security threats but is also very sensitive. On this topic, it is an open secret that our personal information is under threat of attack and comp ruin constantly since it is stored in those databases. This risk is heightened even more especially when managing care institutions that hold the patient’s sensitive data in the database [1]. Patient’s records together with clinical health history and other respectable data are stored in these databases and as a result these are vulnerable to hacking and other unlawful activities by quacks. Regarding the patients’ information security and the promotion of individual rights in the context of cyber protection, the healthcare sector faces a crucial problem. This involves the implementation of measures that improves security of the data so that the chances of experiencing a breach are minimized. This implies that the organizations need to embrace the fact that data security is an important factor in carrying out the operations of the organizations while at the same time learning on the methods that can be used in handling sensitive information only. For instance, due to standardizations like the HIPAA in the United States and AOL in the European region, the codes to address and control health care information have been reduced. The following measures have to be taken to attain data compliance in the healthcare sector to have sound data security measures [1,2]. Some of them include risk assessment, access control, storing, use of encryption and security on the network, monitoring, and training of employees among others. Measures, tools and technologies for example programs for securing information, IDS and secure communication technology can help increase data security in healthcare facilities and hence minimize the prevalence of data leakage. Important to demonstrate that practice usage of these tools and standards is rather useful and contributes to the growth of data security in different healthcare organizations.

Keywords: Data Security, Regulatory Compliance, Healthcare, SAP, HIPAA, GDPR, Encryption, Access Control, Healthcare IT, Data Breaches

Paper Id: 1779

Published On: 2017-08-26

Published In: Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2017

Cite This: Studying how SAP Helps Healthcare Organizations Meet Regulatory Compliance and Enhance Data Security Measures - Surya Sai Ram Parimi - IJIRMPS Volume 5, Issue 4, July-August 2017.

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