HIM 5330 - Information Security in Healthcare

Multi-user, multi-device network security is essential in healthcare. This course will review the policies associated with patient privacy and the use of electronic records. Students will be introduced to the threats to network security, ways to mitigate these threats, and recovery systems. The wide variety of policy and technical solutions available to improve data security and patient records will be explored. This course will examine the security issues facing healthcare providers as technology advances. Prerequisite: HIM 6000 (4 credits)