An article by Chris Strohm for Bloomberg discussed the need for the upper management in the medical profession to start giving very serious thought to the security of the patient data.  It will not be long before you will see lawsuits start against anyone who loses control of their data.  There are many steps that can be taken to reduce the risk and at this time all of the various steps are much less expensive than the cost of a data breach.  The article is worth the time to read it.

Digital Health Data at Risk From Manager Support, Study Finds

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