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Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Protecting Patient Data

Learn to safeguard patient data and medical systems in healthcare organizations. Master cybersecurity practices for hospitals and care centers.

Learn to safeguard patient data and medical systems in healthcare organizations. Master cybersecurity practices for hospitals and care centers.

This course on Cybersecurity in Healthcare provides essential knowledge for protecting patient data and medical systems in hospitals, clinics, and care centers. Developed as part of the SecureHospitals.eu project, it covers both theoretical and practical aspects of cybersecurity in healthcare settings. The course explores the opportunities and challenges created by healthcare digitalization, the proliferation of medical data, and the resulting cybersecurity risks. Participants will learn about internal and external threats, including social engineering and hacking, and gain practical skills in improving cybersecurity measures. The curriculum emphasizes the importance of cyber hygiene practices and building a positive cybersecurity culture within healthcare organizations. This course is valuable for healthcare professionals, IT staff, and anyone interested in understanding the critical role of cybersecurity in protecting sensitive medical information and ensuring the continuity of healthcare services.

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Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Protecting Patient Data

This course includes

15 Hours

Of Self-paced video lessons

Beginner Level

Completion Certificate

awarded on course completion

2,435

What you'll learn

  • Understand the role of digitalization and cybersecurity in healthcare

  • Identify opportunities and threats in the healthcare sector due to digitalization

  • Learn methods to improve and maintain cybersecurity in healthcare settings

  • Explore the interaction between technology and human behavior in cybersecurity

  • Discover the importance of a positive cybersecurity culture in healthcare organizations

  • Gain practical skills in implementing cyber hygiene practices

Skills you'll gain

Cybersecurity
Healthcare security
Data protection
Social engineering
Malware prevention
Cyber hygiene
Security culture
GDPR
Encryption
Password management

This course includes:

1.75 Hours PreRecorded video

14 quizzes

Access on Mobile, Tablet, Desktop

FullTime access

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There are 5 modules in this course

This comprehensive course on Cybersecurity in Healthcare covers both theoretical and practical aspects of protecting patient data and medical systems in hospitals and care centers. The curriculum explores the challenges and opportunities created by healthcare digitalization, the proliferation of medical data, and the resulting cybersecurity risks. Participants will learn about internal and external threats, including social engineering, hacking, and malware. The course emphasizes practical skills in improving cybersecurity measures, focusing on cyber hygiene practices and building a positive cybersecurity culture within healthcare organizations. Topics include data breach prevention, secure digital communication, encryption, device management, password security, and software updates. The course also covers relevant regulations like GDPR and their impact on healthcare cybersecurity.

Cybersecurity in healthcare: technology, data, and human behaviour

Module 1 · 2 Hours to complete

Social aspects of cybersecurity: social engineering and social media

Module 2 · 2 Hours to complete

Data breaches, hackers, and malware in healthcare

Module 3 · 3 Hours to complete

Cyber hygiene: practices to improve cybersecurity

Module 4 · 3 Hours to complete

Security culture: creating positive environment to practice cybersecurity

Module 5 · 3 Hours to complete

Fee Structure

Instructors

Jason H. Pridmore
Jason H. Pridmore

4.6 rating

145 Reviews

22,870 Students

2 Courses

Associate Professor

Jason Pridmore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where his research primarily explores digital identification practices, the use of new and social media, consumer data as surveillance mechanisms, and issues surrounding digital and cyber security. He has published extensively on topics such as marketing practices, information exchange, privacy, data ethics, mobile technology, policing, citizenship, branding, and quantified self movements. Jason serves in an advisory capacity for various European Union and Dutch-funded research projects addressing new technologies, privacy, and security concerns. He is also the co-editor of Digitising Identities: Doing Identity in a Networked World, published by Routledge.

Tessa A. P. Oomen
Tessa A. P. Oomen

4.6 rating

145 Reviews

19,901 Students

1 Course

PhD Candidate

Tessa Oomen is a PhD candidate in the Department of Media & Communication at the Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication. She is part of the SecureHospitals.eu project team, an EU H2020-funded initiative aimed at raising awareness of cybersecurity in hospitals across Europe and promoting training efforts in this area. Her PhD research focuses on cybersecurity and communication practices within healthcare organizations. Additionally, she assists in the development of new research proposals and grant applications.

Cybersecurity in Healthcare: Protecting Patient Data

This course includes

15 Hours

Of Self-paced video lessons

Beginner Level

Completion Certificate

awarded on course completion

2,435

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4.6 course rating

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