Health Privacy Project Director fears big data security risk
Health Privacy Project Director Deven McGraw expressed apprehension about the Obama administration proposing that the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) create a health insurance claims database in a...
View ArticleBuilding healthcare big data security best practices
It is evident that there are now more healthcare devices, Internet connections and end-user demands that healthcare security executives need to deal with. Healthcare organizations already have to...
View ArticleKeeping up with health big data de-identification standards
As Bill Kleyman wrote on HealthITSecurity.com earlier this week, big data security is going to be a huge consideration for healthcare executives in the short and long term as the data is analyzed and...
View ArticlePatient privacy, consent considerations for health big data
BOSTON – Healthcare organizations are undoubtedly moving toward using large data sets to learn more about patients and become more efficient in patient care. Many are part of health information...
View ArticleStates compromise patient data privacy with research sales
As with any far-reaching set of rules and regulations, HIPAA has a few loopholes that end up being taken advantage of over time. Bloomberg recently reported that individual states are collecting...
View ArticleHealth big data privacy v. innovation: Expert observations
As healthcare organizations continue to sift through and attempt to maximize the potential of the massive collections of health data at their disposal, the privacy of that data is a polarizing topic of...
View ArticleCSA report: Big data analytics can improve IT security
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Big Data Working Group recently released its Big Data Analytics for Security Intelligence report that concentrates on how big data can improve information security...
View ArticleDoes HIPAA block road to healthcare big data innovation?
A recent Bipartisan Policy Center report, titled “A Policy Forum on the Use of Big Data in Health Care“, suggests that HIPAA is a burden on healthcare organizations that are trying to innovate and...
View ArticleHealthcare privacy, security 2014 predictions: Future trends
A hectic 2013 has certainly set the stage for a busy 2014 packed with healthcare organizational policy changes and technology advancements. Based on healthcare expert feedback and interviews in 2013,...
View ArticleShould big data research override patient privacy needs?
Making the most out of healthcare big data sets to improve patient care by spotting disease and other types of healthcare trends is undoubtedly viewed as a critical part of healthcare IT innovation....
View ArticleNew Jersey explores health big data potential, privacy risks
As different states explore the benefits of big data and healthcare IT analytics, the element of patient privacy is invariably raised as a concern. The most recent instance where the complex innovation...
View ArticleNational Clinical Research Network: Privacy considerations
Though researchers are closing in on developing a National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network, patient privacy standards remain a potential sticking point. The Washington Post recently reported...
View ArticlePCAST: Update health privacy frameworks for big data usage
Will current privacy and security frameworks scale to the healthcare industry’s needs in the future? According to a recent President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) report, the...
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