Electronic Healthcare Records Systems

摘要

According to analysts Frost & Sullivan, security vendors have gradually built a strong presence in the healthcare industry "after overcoming initial resistance from the medical community". Technological advances and increasing applications within healthcare favor supply side factors. With healthcare staff coming to terms with inevitable compliance standards, and the healthcare industry poised to grow at double-digit rates, the market looks highly lucrative over the forecast period.rnThe Frost & Sullivan study, World Healthcare Security Markets, finds that the market earned revenues of SI .66 billion in 2007 and estimates this to reach S5.78 billion in 2014.rn"Use of security applications within the healthcare industry is largely driven by compliance requirements," says Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Santosh Antony. "Taking into account the increasing pressure from government bodies, healthcare security is becoming a matter of compulsion rather than choice."rnThe Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is perhaps the strongest driver for logical healthcare security and influences physical healthcare security. The HIPAA compliance deadline for most healthcare entities in North America was in May 2007. Noncompli-ance now carries the risk of fines, penalties, litigation and, in extremerncases, even criminal prosecution.