Journal Article

The impact of cybersecurity and its role in health care

Fawziah Hamdan Alqarni, Ohoud Jazi Alhumairan, Alruwaili, Ebtesam, Ahmad Jamaan Said Alzahrani, Mashael Mohammad Sindi, Fayrouz Abdullah Saeed Alghamdi, Awatef Abdu Ahyaf, Bandar Ahmad Ahmad Alghamdi, Saleh Atiah Ali Alghamdi, Alshammari, Modhi, Fahad Saeed Ateh Alzahrani

2024

Overview

There is no doubt that digitalization or the application of advanced information technologies plays a vital role in the functioning of healthcare institutions in the modern era (G. Gopal,2019).However, it also brings some challenges. One of them is cybersecurity (M. Mijwil,2023). Protecting information is one of the most important tasks of healthcare organizations. (X. Liu,2022) Most use health information systems such as “electronic prescribing systems, electronic health record systems, practice management support systems, clinical decision support systems, radiological information systems, and computerized order entry systems.” Doctors\", to name a few. (N. Al-Shorbaji,2022) These systems are usually connected to the Internet of Things, the Internet, etc. and have the possibility of remote access (R.T. Sutton,2020). The fact is that these technological systems simplify various tasks and help in managing healthcare processes.

• Publisher: Nicholson School of Communication and Media at the University of Central Florida
• Subject: Cybercrime / Cybersecurity / Data integrity / Health care industry / Health care policy / Health informatics / Hospitals / Information systems / Medical research / Questionnaires / Research methodology / Statistical methods