Intro to Cybersecurity in Healthcare (1 of 2),Plain & Simple

Course details

Note: This course was recently updated (Dec 2022)

This is the 1st of 2 courses on Cybersecurity in Healthcare

WHY IS THIS COURSE IMPORTANT?

Breaches of Healthcare IT systems are becoming more and more commonplace. Healthcare organizations continually face cyber threats, which put patient privacy and safety at risk. These threats also have significant impact on business continuity and financial health of all healthcare organizations.

Issues relating to Healthcare IT systems and its security were once the sole domain of engineers in the IT department. This is no longer true. Understanding security issues and protecting against them is job #1 for all healthcare workers from the top to the bottom of the healthcare system.

Advances in technology have made the whole cybersecurity issue pretty complicated to understand, especially for the average healthcare worker. This class on cybersecurity is focused on the non healthcare professional who is just trying to get a familiarization on what cybersecurity is and how they can protect themselves, their organizations and their patients from harm.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN IN THIS COURSE?

In this, the 1st in a 2 part series of courses, you will learn:

• What is Cyber Security?

• The Nature of the Problem

• Controlling Access

  • Something You Know (Passwords)

  • Something You Have (FOB)

  • Something You Are (Biometrics)

• Authenticating Access

• Phishing / Spam

This course includes:

• Video lectures walking you through the various aspects of cybersecurity

• Quiz to test your retention

• Significant number of resources to do a deeper dive into his topic.

WHO IS THE IDEAL STUDENT FOR THIS COURSE?

You will learn a lot from this course if you are

• Thinking about choosing healthcare as a career

• Looking to advance your career in healthcare

• Looking to expand your knowledge of healthcare to better perform your current job and better understand how it fits into the ecosystem of patient care and better serve those in need

• Curious about everything and want to learn more about healthcare just for the sake of expanding your knowledge base.

WHAT IS YOUR TEACHING STYLE?

My teaching style is a very pragmatic one. I assume you know nothing about this topic and start with the foundation and build from there. Some of these concepts could be challenging, so I sprinkle in as many examples as I can, both non healthcare and healthcare, to assure full understanding of the topic. This is why I have appended "Plain and Simple" to all my courses.

WHY ARE YOU QUALIFIED TO TEACH THIS COURSE?

I spent 35 years in the designing and launching of medical imaging products and services. My career evolved from leading engineering teams, to becoming VP Marketing and then to president of a Healthcare IT firm. It is also based on 15 years of university teaching.