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Tech//404® for Health Care Organizations Overview
Today, businesses in all industries that aggregate and maintain third party data are targets of information theft and network security breaches. In the health care industry, where patient data is regularly transferred among multiple organizations, mitigating the risk of data loss is paramount.
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A 2005 survey of 17,500 health care providers identified the following:*
- 95% of respondents use the Internet or their internal computer systems in the daily performance of their services
- 85% are concerned about computer viruses
- 50% are concerned about hackers
- 90% of hospitals have local area networks while 58% of physicians’ offices have them.
Loss of Protected Patient Information Real Danger for Health Care Plans
(source:Managed Care, November 2006 www.managedcaremag.com) |
Tech//404® for health care organizations was developed to cover both patient data privacy and hospital network security exposures on a primary and excess basis. This coverage arises out of the need for health care professionals to protect their information risk in relation to patient data, claims data, financial data, and personal data in support of their professional medical services. Learn more about specific coverage features of Tech//404 for health care organizations.
If a health care organization can answer “yes” to any of the following questions, then they may have technology and information risk for which they need coverage.
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- Are you digitizing health records?
- Are you implementing a HIPAA data security and privacy plan?
- Are you aggregating increasing amounts of third party data?
- Are you automating information responses (emails for billing, applications, scheduling, reminders, etc.)?
- Are you presenting regularly changing content on your web site?
- Are you offering any information-based services to your patients and partners (newsletters, reports, emails, etc.)?
- Do you provide any online transactions (for prescriptions, payment of services, etc.)?
- Do you rely on subcontractors to help you implement and maintain your information technology systems?
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