[20150130]IF10114_网络法律：医疗信息技术（HIT）.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated January 30, 2015Cyber Laws: Healthcare Information Technology (HIT)The federal government has undertaken several initiatives to promote healthcare information technology (HIT), which involves the exchange of health information in an electronic environment. Many are increasingly concerned about the protection of healthcare information and technology from cyberattacks. “Some 94 percent of medical institutions said their organizations have been victims of a cyber attack, according to the Ponemon Institute. Now, with the push to digitize all health care records, the emergence of HealthCare.gov and an outpouring of electronic protected health information (ePHI) being exchanged online, even more attack surfaces are being exposed in the health care field.” SANS Institute, SANS Health Care Cyberthreat Report 2, Feb. 2014. Forbes Magazine, http:/ selected cybersecurity as the top U.S. healthcare story for 2014 because of: The SANS healthcare cyberthreat report, which characterized the data as alarming, confirmed the industrys vulnerability, and revealed that the industry was far behind in cybersecurity. The FBI Private Industry Notification (PIN) to t