Healthcare Digital February 2022 | Page 20

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Can you tell us about the importance of data security and patient confidentiality in healthcare ? “ Data security and patient confidentiality are still hard problems to crack in healthcare . Much of that has to do with the complexity of the subject , coupled with the fact that most people simply don ’ t understand how data leaks happen .
“ The ‘ off-the-shelf ’ messaging apps are simply not suitable for use within healthcare . They offer no guarantee of patient confidentiality , and worse still , they may compromise patient welfare .
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