Addressing EMR Security Risks, Role of Cloud-Based Solutions in Cybersecurity

Electronic medical records (EMRs) and electronic health records (EHRs) are essential tools that allow the storage and maintenance of protected health information (PHI). Unfortunately, PHI is also extremely valuable to threat actors. Salwa Rafee, global managing director for healthcare security at Accenture Security, discusses EMR security risk factors and the pros and cons of in-house and cloud-based EMR systems.