Health care organizations represent vulnerable entities in terms of cyberattacks and breaches because they accumulate much sensitive information, especially that of patients. Health care information systems require constant improvement as methods to steal private data advance with the pace of time. Therefore, the breach reporting tools must be comprehensive and detailed to respond adequately to breaches and protect any private data of patients and medical professionals of a health care organization.
The assessed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services website for breach reporting is detailed enough to collect necessary data regarding the breach. For instance, one can choose the type of breach, including improper disposal, loss, or unauthorized disclosure that directly relates to health care workers. It is especially important regarding the fact that employees conduct 70% of data fraud (Bhuyan 1). Nevertheless, reporting form does not require including a potential suspect of a breach that prevents ungrounded accusations.
There is no additional information to be collected from a covered entity because the reporting form is designed in the way to include types of information affected by a breach, among others. Pointing out the type of patient information involved in the breach is crucial because personal health records represent the most hunted data by hackers (Bhuyan 1). Therefore, the reporting tool is able to gather all the necessary data.
The main recommendation for using this tool is to fill out as many details of the breach as possible because it will help to find the accurate causes of data fraud. However, it would also be useful to add a list of common potential cyberattacks, such as malware, phishing, man-in-the-middle attack, and other ones to the reporting form (Bhuyan 2-3). It could help to identify the problem and solve it more rapidly.
In conclusion, all the information of health care organizations must be protected properly and reliably. This assumption is particularly critical in terms of patient information, as it is the most vulnerable to cyberattacks. The evaluated reporting tool can be significantly helpful in responding to breaches.
Works Cited
Bhuyan, Soumitra Sudip, et al. “Transforming Healthcare Cybersecurity from Reactive to Proactive Current Status and Future Recommendations.”Journal of Medical Systems, vol. 44, no. 98, 2020, pp. 1-9, Web.