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SUMMARY:The Elephant in the Room: Health Information System Security and t
 he User-Level Environment - Juanita Fernando (Monash University)
DTSTART:20091110T143000Z
DTEND:20091110T153000Z
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CONTACT:Pedro Brandao
DESCRIPTION:*Slides "available":http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/opera
 /meetings/attachments/2009-11-10-HealthInfSystem_Fernando.pdf .*\n\n*Abstr
 act:*\n\nThe patient care context comprises outdated\ninfrastructure\, per
 vasive computer use\, shared\nclinical workspace\, aural privacy shortcomi
 ngs\,\ninterruptive work settings\, confusing legislation\,\npoor privacy 
 and security (P&S) eHealth training\noutcomes and inadequate budgets.\nTwe
 nty three medical\, nursing and allied health\nclinicians working in Austr
 alia (Victoria)\nparticipated in qualitative research examining work\nprac
 tices with P&S for patient care. They criticised\na slow\, inefficient eHe
 alth information system (eHIS)\nenvironment permeated by usability errors.
  EHealth\nsystems expanded workloads and system demands\nwere onerous\, in
 creasing the clinicians’ scepticism\nof reliance on information technolo
 gy. Consequently\nmany clinicians had developed trade-offs to avoid\nrelia
 nce an eHIS.\nThe trade-offs include IT support avoidance and\nshared pass
 words to PKI and computer accounts.\nHandover-sheets populated by transcri
 bed notes\nwere circulated between all clinicians present. The\npractices 
 ensure paper persistence and escalate\nP&S threats to data confidentiality
 \, integrity and\navailability. Study evidence suggests poor eHISs\nhamper
  patient care and may represent a larger\nP&S threat than indicated by stu
 dies to date\n\n*Bio:*\n\nI'm interested in all aspects of health informat
 ion system security. My research concerns clinical health informatics\, bi
 oinformatic data exchange standards and information security. I've develop
 ed a particular emphasis on e-health tools and their contribution to workf
 low methodologies in the health sector.\n\nA member of the Mobile Health R
 esearch Group (MHRG)\, I work very closely with colleagues at Information 
 Technology.\n\nUseful sources of information on health information securit
 y and privacy are widely scattered. The web page published by the Australi
 an Privacy Foundation (APF) is a notable exception. I chair the Health Sub
  Committee and love the work I do with them.\n\nMy professional membership
 s include the Australian College of Health Informatics (ACHI) \, the Healt
 h Informatics Society of Australia (HISA) and the Australian Health Inform
 atics Education Council (AHIEC).\n\nI am the Academic Convenor\, the Honou
 rs Degree of Bachelor of Medical Science\, Medicine\, Nursing & Health Sci
 ences at Monash University. Academic oversight of students enrolled for a 
 BMedSc(Hons)degree is challenging but fun and I'm fascinated by the resear
 ch programs on which they work.\n\nMore "info":http://users.monash.edu.au/
 ~juanitaf/
LOCATION:Room FW11\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
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