The NEHR is the national repository that securely collects, stores and shares patient’s health information across different healthcare providers. This contains important medical history records that healthcare professionals would generally need to make more informed medical decisions and deliver safe and better care.

It’s a matter of “when” not “if”, a data breach happens. Our HIA assessment helps healthcare leaders proactively identify data security gaps and compliance risks, ensuring alignment with required HIA standards, and reduces the risk of costly PDPA penalties and irreversible reputational damage. 

RSM’s HIA assessment provides a clear baseline of your organisation’s data security and privacy maturity level, along with actionable recommendations to strengthen safeguards, enhance regulatory compliance, protect sensitive data, and build long-term trust with patients and stakeholders.

Under the HIA, healthcare providers are required to promptly report all confirmed cybersecurity incidents or data breaches to MOH. 

• An initial incident report must be provided to MOH within 2 hours
• Followed by a detailed incident report within 14 days
• Where the breach is assessed to be notifiable and likely to result in significant harm, healthcare providers must also notify all affected individuals.

Do reach out to RSM if you have more queries or need incident response advisory. 

• Up to $1m in fines or 10% of the organisation’s annual turnover, whichever is higher, in line with the PDPA
• HIA also purports to introduce offences to hold individuals accountable for egregiously mishandling the health information controlled by a HIA entity

Get started with our HIA assessment to plug your cyber and data protection gaps and build trust with your patients.

Backed by a team of experienced Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Consultants, RSM is an appointed CSA’s CISOaaS consultant for Cyber Essentials and IMDA’s Data Protection Essentials,  reflecting our strong credentials and trusted standing.

Our end-to-end HIA tailored services go beyond a compliance checkbox approach. RSM delivers practical, risk-based advisory and robust IT and security fundamentals aligned to your organisation’s risk appetite, operational needs, and budget.

Complementing this is our IT managed service that provides entreprise-grade security, 24x7 proactive monitoring, and reliable support, without the high cost and complexities of managing multiple vendors.