INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT IN HOSPITALS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY

Information security has become more important in health care institutions in recent years. Especially, if necessary precautions are not taken in line with the development of technology, it is expected that information leaks would increase. In the study in which in-depth interviews with qualitative research directives are used in order to determine the opinions, suggestions and evaluations of employees about hospital information security, 12 hospital employees working in different units are reached. The data obtained from the interviews are analysed and interpreted in ATLAS.ti qualitative data program. In this respect, the problems that arise in practice and the solution proposal are established in line with these opinions. As a result of the research, it is determined that participants emphasize the importance of information security widely and that information security is perceived together as "patient privacy". In turn, is it also seen that physical infrastructure is necessary for information security in terms of privacy, integrity and accessibility. It is one of the proposals of the research that managers and employees should cooperate for an effective information security management system