Archiving of emails and healthcare
Professionals in the healthcare sector have done a commendable job converting paper patient records into digital files. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires it, but there are also practical efficiencies and advantages to sharing and having digital access to medical records.
However, many medical practises, doctors, and companies that provide health care services haven't taken further security measures to protect those digital medical records, making them incredibly valuable data assets that are vulnerable to theft.
According to the Ponemon Institute, 90% of healthcare businesses have disclosed or had their patients' data stolen.
Personal Health Data and HIPAA
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as HIPAA, also establishes requirements for the security, transferability, and confidentiality of personal health information. HIPAA establishes restrictions and requirements for the use of patient information and grants patients access rights to their health data, including the ability to request a copy of their records or have any inaccuracies in them corrected.
Medical information needs to be backed up and archived as healthcare becomes more digital.
For instance, Peachtree Neurological Clinic in Atlanta was the target of a debilitating ransomware attack that affected as many as 176,295 patients. According to reports, Peachtree was able to recover the encrypted files because the company routinely backed up its data files, preventing the need for the business to pay the ransom.
Wide-ranging difficulties with data management include:
- Randoware dangers
- Unintentional omissions
- Intentional omissions
- Regulation observance
- Litigation risks and more
Healthcare enterprises, like the majority of businesses, must adhere to regulations for data backup, storage, archiving, maintenance, retention, access, discovery, security, and disaster recovery.
The Demand for Backups is Increased by Cyberattacks
Hospitals, doctors, medical facilities, and healthcare providers are all facing risks, which is prompting the industry to adopt defences against both known and unknown dangers. The majority of healthcare businesses are not as protected as they believe.
More than 30% of hospital IT and security professionals cite "detection and mitigation of medical device issues" as their main challenge.
Furthermore, according to research firm Nuix, 38% of hackers claimed that they could locate any healthcare data they were looking for in under one hour.
While security software tools and threat mitigation training are useful in averting hacker attacks, none of these measures is 100% reliable. Implementing a data backup and recovery solution like JustCodify's Cloud Backup for Office 365 is the best way to safeguard your healthcare organisation against unexpected data loss.
For instance, the Peachtree Neurological Clinic in Atlanta was the target of a debilitating ransomware attack in 2017 that affected as many as 176,295 patients. According to reports, Peachtree was able to recover the encrypted files because the company routinely backed up its data files, preventing the need for the business to pay the ransom.
Healthcare Cloud Email Archiving with JustCodify
There is yet hope, though. Hospitals, medical practises, and other businesses in the healthcare sector can rapidly and affordably secure their records, especially information exchanged across Office 365, G Suite Gmail, or IMAP/POP networks, with the help of JustCodify Cloud Email Archiving for Healthcare. Our archiving system offers automated incremental data backup, 1-click data restoration, HIPAA compliant email archiving, and military-grade security for healthcare personnel.
In addition to reducing your email storage needs, JustCodify's archiving solutions for healthcare organisations safeguard, retain, and use journal archiving to ensure that your patient records, physician files, and medical records are securely stored for as long as you need them. This gives you access to a HIPAA-compliant SaaS tool to manage your email communication-related data.
A solution for email communication archiving ensures that all records are consistently stored in a central cloud data repository and are 100% accessible. It also has cutting-edge security and legal hold elements in place to prevent issues of tampering. JustCodify Cloud Email Archiving was created specifically to meet the stringent regulatory standards that apply to the healthcare sector.
