Information Security Climate and the Assessment of Information Security Risk Among Healthcare Employees

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• Personal Author:
  Andel SA ; Kessler SR ; Kleinman G ; Pindek S ; Spector PE
• Description:
  Since 2009, over 176 million patients in the United States have been adversely impacted by data breaches affecting Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act-covered institutions. While the popular press often attributes data breaches to external hackers, most breaches are the result of employee carelessness and/or failure to comply with information security policies and procedures. To change employee behavior, we borrow from the organizational climate literature and introduce the Information Security Climate Index, developed and validated using two pilot samples. In this study, four categories of healthcare professionals (certified nursing assistants, dentists, pharmacists, and physician assistants) were surveyed. Likert-type items were used to assess the Information Security Climate Index, information security motivation, and information security behaviors. Study results indicated that the Information Security Climate Index was related to better employee information security motivation and information security behaviors. In addition, there were observed differences between occupational groups with pharmacists reporting a more favorable climate and behaviors than physician assistants. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Dental Offices Health Personnel Occupational Health Pharmacies Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Cybersecurity Dentists Electronic Health Records Employees Health Care Personnel Humans Information Protection Information Security Nurses Organizational Climate Pharmacists Sampling

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• ISSN:
  1460-4582
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  461-473
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20064632
• Citation:
  Health Informatics J 2020 Mar; 26(1):461-473
• Contact Point Address:
  Stacey R Kessler, Department of Management, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave., BSN 456, Montclair, NJ 07043
• Email:
  stacey.kessler@gmail.com
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2020
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Health Informatics Journal
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f6730a7c228b0ca476ae196a6687b22a964a2be102e49467a565c5bb52958357b6a19402ec4da55f2244f68e72671f222ec69c1c8881080000f6de55b3e1f5c0
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223062/cdc_223062_DS1.pdf
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