BSTT 618: Health Information Security

This course will address security issues as they impact health information systems. Topics to be learnt include strategies for design, implementation, auditing and evaluating the
technical, physical and human components of an information security system that adheres to a healthcare organization’s legal, ethical and administration requirements. Physical
security of the hardware and software including redundancy, back up and restricted access. Security and appropriateness of access will be addressed in terms of both hardware and
software solutions. Data integrity and system integrity will be considered along with the unique problems, which result from network access.