The act of complying with Regulations, Standards and Frameworks is becoming essential business practice. The IDL Compliance Program identifies the compliance issues that are generating compulsory and compelling IT investment across a variety of industry sectors.

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Issue Brief New Policy Driver IT Investment Implications Compliance Timetable
Health Records and Information Privacy Act (HRIP) HRIP lays out 15 private policies for all healthcare information stored on individuals in New South Wales. The use covers everything from patient records to the use of personal training in gyms Privacy principles cover: collection, storage, transfer, anonymity, accuracy, use and disclosure. Storage
Database
Security
Encryption
ILM
Specialist Applications
Processors
Disaster recovery
Operational
Operational and the security provisions accommodated by the ISO 27001 information security standard with related IT security system.
11MEDIS-DC Covers the storage, distribution and accuracy of medical information, including images. Embraces the aspects or reliability, security, long-term storage and protection against deterioration of media. Storage
Database
Security
Encryption
ILM
Specialist Applications
Processors
Disaster Recovery
Operational
Operational and the security provisions accommodated by the ISO 27001 information security standard with related IT security system. Japan is world’s #1 adopter of ISO 27001.
Healthcare Unbound (Forrester Research terminology) As the population gets older we are likely to see technology extend from primary healthcare locations (doctor, hospital) to monitoring and healthcare provision in the home, on the person and even in the person. Developments are still in early stages but suggest towards significant investment in the future. Major networking requirements in hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare organizations.

There will be other implications and opportunities for storage, processing, security etc. Mobile technology will also be very significant.
Potential
Currently in very early stages. Forrester predicts boom by 2015 for what it describes as ‘healthcare unbound’.
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