A Multifactor Research Model of Antecedents of Security and Privacy in Healthcare Settings

Security, privacy, accessibility, transparency, awareness and perception are the new initiatives in the health care forum promulgated by the HIPAA structural demands, and implemented more recently by the Affordable Care Act. Health care breaches, adverse medical events, hacking into hospital and health care corporation files have become common events. This research study concentrates primarily on the security, privacy, and awareness of the health care providers in their professional assignments and in their responses and perceptions of the solutions that are integrated into the fabric of their health care experience. The demographics, derived from a survey, examine the length of current employment, occupational spectrum, size of organization, level of computerization, and length of health care employment. Five hypotheses are detailed concerning training, user awareness, equity of security policies and perceptions based on management policies.