Creating a sub-network for more sensitive patient information
A patient is a person who is registered to receive treatment in a medical facility. A hospital should employ a certain level of discipline to curb any emergence of complexity that may deny it offering quality service to patients of all forms of ailments. This should be done with the sole purpose of preventing and reducing risks, errors and harm that could occur to patients during the process of providing quality health care (Reid-Seal et al. 2010). The patient should feel that the service rendered is of quality by the hospital administration by the time he/she leaves the premise.
I would ensure that the patients’ information is highly kept confidential. The patients’ data security system would be up-to-date with the ever-changing cybersecurity threats. I would embrace the use of electronic records and data tracking innovations that would enable the process of accessing the patients’ information more efficiently, encrypting the patient data and the various hardware (Marin, 2004). This will go a long way in ensuring the data is free from digital hacking. Creating a sub-network for more sensitive patient information that would be boosted with the best anti-virus software will be my priority hence taming the risk of the data breach.
I will also ensure that the whole premise is well monitored by installing surveillance cameras capable of remote viewing as this will prevent theft of patients’ property and children abductions cases as they are bound to occur around the hospital precincts (Dašić et al. 2017). Also, I will introduce the use of identity card security clearance system for all the medical staff, patients and also ensure that records of visitors coming in and out of the facility is well kept and maintained. Fire alarms and hiring of trained guards who would offer help in notifying staff and patients in the facility would be incorporated.
References
Marin, H. F. (2004). Improving Patient Safety with Technology. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 73(7-8), 543-546. doi:10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2
Reid-Searl, K., Moxham, L., & Happell, B. (2010). Enhancing patient safety: The importance of direct supervision for avoiding medication errors and near misses by undergraduate nursing students. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 16(3), 225-232. doi:10.1111/j.1440-172x.2010.01820.x
Dašić, P., Dašić, J., & Crvenković, B. (2017). Improving Patient Safety in Hospitals through Usage of Cloud Supported Video Surveillance. Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences. doi:10.3889/oamjms.2017.042