Abstract:
Abstract
Introduction: - Digital data security is the protection of digital data from unauthorized access,
alteration, and destruction. Nowadays, security breaches are becoming more common. In health
care, the data has breached over 50 million medical records per year. In Ethiopia, health
digitization has grown gradually, and limitations of study on digital health data security. Study
on digital data security helps to individuals protect digital data. It helps as a baseline and
contributes to develop digital health security policy.
Objective: - Assess the practice of healthcare professionals on digital data security among
specialized teaching referral hospitals in the Amhara Region, 2022 G.C.
Method: - Mixed method or cross-sectional study supplemented by a heterogeneous purposive
sampling method was conducted to measure the practice of health professionals on digital data
security issues
