Healthcare facility without an IT department?

Recognizable? We often hear this in healthcare

We regularly speak to practices and institutions such as:

• A mental health institution where files circulate via USB and mail

• A home health agency without a clear IT manager

• Small healthcare practices dependent on ‘someone who knows a thing or two’

And then along comes this:

❌ No visibility into who has access to patient data
❌ No backup or contingency plan
❌ Waiting for help if IT fails
❌ No certainty whether patient data is properly secured
❌ No structure: where are files? OneDrive? SharePoint? Mail?

 

Everyone is just doing whatever … literally

We asked healthcare providers: what is the biggest IT pain point for you in practice?

These were the results of the poll (84 votes)¹:

• 47%: “Everyone is just doing whatever”

• 24%: Ad hoc and unclear

• 18%: No grip on data security

• 12%: NEN7510? Huh … what’s that?

Those last two in particular are worrisome. Because you work with sensitive information, and you are partly responsible for it.

 

Why NEN7510 is not an afterthought

At ALTA-ICT B.V., we are in the process of completing our NEN7510 certificationspecifically focused on information security in healthcare. With this we want to help smaller practices and institutions to get a grip on their IT – without having to set up an entire IT department.

Among other things, we help with:

???? Access and rights to patient data
???? Backup strategy and recovery plan
???? Structure in storage (SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams)
???? Insight and control over data flows
???? Guidance toward NEN7510 compliance

 

Healthcare ICT doesn’t have to be complicated

A few practical steps often make all the difference. So that you can say, “We’ve got it together.”

 

Need to spar about your situation?

Send a message or check out the blog: alta-ict.co.uk/NEN7510Blog

 

Reference

¹https://www.linkedin.com/posts/altaict_onedrive-sharepoint-mail-activity-7325978306539888640-z0Vz