Nt1330 Unit 9 Final Project

Purpose of my Project
Digital medical records is a great tool in the medical industry, but what is even more exciting in the medical industry is that most of X-ray equipment is digital , producing results instantly. These results can be attached to the digital medical records, where doctors can access it with a click of a button. With so much personal information stored digitally on servers, it is very important to have a secure network in place. A majority of large medical groups have already invested in Network Security to meet the HIPPA standards and beyond. However, the small imaging offices that I’m familiar with have poor Network Security in place or no Network Security at all. “Mobile devices are ubiquitous in today's society, and the number and types of devices used by physicians, nurses,
Anyone with a laptop or tablet could access the network and with only few basic network utilities could access all the servers and all the patient information. Most of these facilities are not implementing any Network Security because of the cost associated with it. “Most healthcare organizations nationwide, some 61 percent to be exact, reported a security related incident in the form of security breach, data loss or unplanned downtime at least once this past year, according to a new health IT report by MeriTalk, a public-private organization working to improve government information technology. These security events cost U.S. hospitals an estimated $1.6 billion each year. Breaking it down by incident, hospitals should expect to hand over on average $810,000 per security breach, which occurs at nearly one in five healthcare organizations nationwide” (healthcareitnews.com). I hope that with this project I can make clear the benefits of securing the network and the steps we need to take to set up and secure the