As we all know, massive data breaches have become far too common in recent times. Of course, healthcare execs are aware of how this looks to the public, and...
Tag - Health Data Security
In prior years, one of the driving assumptions behind population health management technology was that it was important to focus on high-risk patients. The...
A new study by data security vendor Protenus has concluded that more than 3 million patient records were breached during the second quarter of 2018, in a sharp...
These days, it’s pretty much a given that providers will store some or all of their data in the cloud, i.e. off-site on a vendor’s servers. For many...
Recently, WEDI released a paper offering a pretty basic overview of the main categories of telemedicine services. From my standpoint, most of the paper...
A new study suggests that while most healthcare employees aren’t very aware of privacy and security threats, doctors may be further behind. According to the...
In theory, using biometrics tools could solve some of the hospitals’ biggest data management problems. For example, if the patient had to register for...
A new study has concluded that patient portal use has shot up over the past few years, with a substantial majority of patients reporting that they use provider...
I just came across a survey suggesting that while we in the health IT world see a world of possibilities in emerging technologies, consumers aren’t so sure...
Healthcare organizations face unique network access challenges. While some industries only need to control access by professional employees and partners...
