Accidental Disclosure of PHI in Hospital Security Systems

Summary: When deployed in hospitals, security systems like weapons detection systems (WDS) and visitor management systems (VMS) can cause accidental disclosure of PHI. This can happen through EHR integrations, third-party trackers on pre-registration portals, weak access controls, offline local caching, printed badges and paper bag disposal, and free-text fields. Hospitals must fix these gaps to […] The post Accidental Disclosure of PHI in Hospital Security Systems appeared first on Athena Security .