Question

Big Data raises many questions about security, ethical standards, and proper use of data in health information systems. Ensuring ethical standards means that rules have to be established, but also enforced.

Explain the types of activities you would implement in an organization you manage to ensure the proper use of data, particularly in light of the concerns Big Data raises. What safeguards would you recommend for collecting and retrieving healthcare data?

Answer 1

Below mentioned are some of the activities that I would implement to ensure proper use of data:

• Make use of a firewall that can protect the data from any kind of threat on the internet.
• Make use of encryption technology to encrypt the data and allow access to only a few reliable people in the company
• Create a log of the usage of data from all the employees so that we can track all the activities and actions taken using the data
• Always make use a trusted solution and analytical tool because not all the results obtained using big data is accurate
• Create data privacy laws in the company and make it mandatory for all the employees to follow them.
• Create a data recovery system in case the organization loses all the data due to a cyber attack.
• Rely only on the reliable data sources to secure the data and also apply a filter to make sure we are removing the unwanted data.