Cybersecurity lessons from the Vastaamo psychotherapy data breach for psychiatrists and other mental healthcare providers
The implications for mental healthcare providers, including psychiatrists and trainees, are that, within their capability, providers need to assess the efficacy and robustness of cybersecurity of electronic health record systems they use, and carefully consider the information that is recorded to minimise exposures such as in the Vastaamo breach.
Authors
- Sharon Reutens (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9504-9533)
- Tarun Joseph Bastiampillai (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6931-2913)
- Paul A Maguire (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5002-9918)
- Steve R Kisely (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4021-2924)
- Stephen C Allison (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9264-5310)
- Jeffrey CL Looi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3351-6911)
- Richard CH Looi
Institutions
- Australian National University (AU)
- Dalhousie University (CA)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis (KE)
- IP Australia (AU)
- Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute (AU)
- Princess Alexandra Hospital (AU)
- Canberra Hospital (AU)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Film Independent (US)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Australasian Psychiatry
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10398562241291340
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.26