What issues are important to consider when evaluating school health office software?
The following issues are important to consider when looking at school health office software: Password protection: Passwords should be easily remembered, but not easily guessed – the best passwords combine simple words and numbers Passwords should provide different access to specific users – some school employees should be able to view only demographic information to protect confidentiality, while the school nurse should be the one with full access to health records. Nurses should be sure to know who has access to health records! Rejection: Health record software should be designed to reject a user when multiple attempts are made to enter an improper password to prevent hacking into and unauthorized access to the health records. Authentication: A person’s access should be limited to a specific log-in name (multiple users should not use the same identity) in order to be able to secure who has accessed the records and/or altered the record. Audit Capability: Each access to the electronic
