Mobile Medicine

Health care providers have traditionally been excluded from the same privacy standards that the rest of the business world has been subjected to over the years. Credit card companies, insurance agencies, and financial institutions have all been regulated to insure that sensitive client information is not disclosed without proper consent. With the ever-increasing usage of wireless technology, more and more health care providers are beginning to transfer patient communications and medical records via wireless communication devices because they realize it can streamline everyday operations and lower costs. This poses additional security threats to patients because now their confidential medical records are exposed to yet another insecure environment unless the proper security management system and security procedures are successfully implemented to prevent such invasions.