Workshop: Securing Information Technology for Healthcare

包括电子健康记录(EHR)和移动健康技术(MHealth)在内的健康信息技术(IT)有望在提高美国人的医疗保健服务质量和改善医疗保健服务的绩效方面发挥关键作用。联邦政府承诺在未来十年投入270亿美元，通过一项以激励为基础的计划，为实施电子健康记录提供资金，该计划针对的是那些证明“有意义地使用”经过认证的电子健康记录技术的组织。尽管人们普遍了解电子病历提高卫生保健质量的潜力，但研究人员认为，对电子病历的机密性和隐私的担忧对其有效使用构成了重大障碍。随着卫生信息技术变得越来越普遍，卫生信息泄露正在增加，公众对此类泄露的关注也在增加，对卫生信息隐私和安全的普遍关切也在增加。该研讨会是医疗信息技术安全(SITH)研讨会的第二次迭代，其目的是：促进我们对安全漏洞的原因和后果的了解；并促进健康信息的安全和隐私。研讨会参与者对重点研讨会后调查的反馈，以及一份简短的行动后报告。这些产品将为为相关期刊(例如，IEEE安全与隐私)撰写一篇总结研讨会主要思想的文章提供基础。

Health information technologies (IT), including electronic health records (EHRs) and mHealth technologies, are expected to play a key role in improving the quality of health care delivery for Americans and improve the performance of health care delivery. The federal government has committed $27 billion dollars over the coming decade, to fund the implementation of EHRs through an incentive-based program for organizations that demonstrate "meaningful use" of certified EHR technology. Though the potential for EHRs to improve the quality of health care is generally understood, researchers suggest that concerns about the confidentiality and privacy of EHRs present significant barriers to their effective use. As health IT becomes more widespread, health information breaches are increasing, as is public attention to such breaches, as are general concerns about the privacy and security of health information. The objectives of this workshop, the second iteration of the Securing Information Technology in Healthcare (SITH) workshop, are to: advance our understanding of the causes and consequences of security breaches; and promote the security and privacy of health information. feedback from workshop participants to a focused post-workshop survey, and a short after-action report. These products will provide the basis for an article summarizing the key ideas of the workshop for a relevant journal (e.g., IEEE Security & Privacy).