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• Preventing Email Data Breaches In Healthcare

  7/23/2018

  You don’t have to be a cybersecurity expert to know that data breaches are an all too common occurrence in healthcare. According to the 2018 Data Breach Investigations Report by Verizon, healthcare suffered more breaches than any other industry in 2017, accounting for almost a quarter of all breaches investigated during that period. Consequently, Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and Protected Health Information (PHI) were the most common types of data compromised overall, more so than banking and payment card details.

• 2018: The Year Of Machine Learning And AI In Healthcare

  2/13/2018

  Companies, venture capitalists and accelerators like Y Combinator are investing in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. There are large investments into deep learning from many different industries, such as the development of self-driving cars. If you think about AI and how it will help the healthcare industry, it makes a lot of sense. There are only so many physicians per person in the world and having some assistance can bring down the cost of healthcare and help patients at their time of need.

• 4 Ways Identity And Access Management (IAM) Solutions Can Benefit Healthcare Organizations

  3/2/2020

  Healthcare is one of the most highly regulated industries in existence because of the sensitivity of information and data that is collected. Thus, high levels of privacy and security are expected and demanded to maintain order throughout the sector.

• Higher Education Should Be Enlisted To Defend Patients Against Looming Cyber Threats

  12/29/2015

  In his comments to the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions in September 2015, Brian Dishman of Intel Corporation described the “constellation” of health data that surrounds each of us. From diagnostic, to consumer-generated, to genomic data, the potential is limitless. But, he warned, without secure and timely access to that data, we are missing the transformative opportunity to improve health outcomes for patients. Dishman’s comments were born of experience. A cancer survivor of more than two decades, his treatment was riddled by miscommunication between practitioners and lack of collaboration across health systems. Put simply, for more than 20 years he was subjected to what has become a garish, nationwide reality: American healthcare organizations are suffering from a fundamental inability to process and disseminate health data in a secure and expedient way to both consumers and providers. By J.A. Eve Krahe, Ph.D., dean of graduate programs, University of Phoenix School of Health Services Administration

• Measuring Interdepartmental Outcomes In Healthcare: Challenges And Solutions

  6/9/2016

  ScienceSoft offers three techniques for interdepartmental healthcare data analytics of outcomes. Implement them to understand your performance better. By Natallia Babrovich, Business Analyst, ScienceSoft

• Caring For The Unseen Sufferers Of COVID-19: How Artificial Intelligence Can Enable Proactive Care And Help Avert An Epidemic Of Preventable Diseases

  5/11/2020

  As the nation’s eyes focus on COVID-19, another healthcare crisis is unfolding out of sight. Hidden from view, millions of Americans who don’t have COVID-19 are suffering healthcare crises in their homes. These unseen individuals are facing major challenges, on multiple levels: acute, chronic, and preventive. Patients are waiting longer at home before coming to the hospital for acute illnesses like appendicitis, stroke, or heart attack.