A new study from the University of Pennsylvania has discovered hospitals don’t guard passwords nearly as closely as they should, according to an article on the Fierce Healthcare website.
Researchers found that hospital employees often write passwords on sticky notes and keypad-protected doors, share passwords, and use computers without logging out to make things more convenient.
While hospital workers understand the importance of data security, it often isn’t practical to go through the full security process.
Many of these issues come down to fundamentally different, often contradictory goals between hospitals’ clinical and information technology staff, the article said.
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