By Alicia Arrick – AI is no longer a futuristic concept. It’s here, and it’s reshaping everything from claims processing to radiology. But with great power comes the great responsibility of safeguarding the integrity, privacy, and security of healthcare data in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
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By Matt Fisher – Access to data and the enablement of data flow are significant issues and concerns within healthcare. In particular, individuals often have a hard time getting to their own data. Those difficulties exist even with different regulations in place designed to promote and require access to data.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of July that we think deserve sharing again.
By Matt Fisher – The drumbeat of settlement agreements for alleged HIPAA violations by the Office for Civil Rights is continuing along with the consistent finding that the required risk analysis did not occur. The consistent announcement of settlements offers regular reminders to the healthcare industry that OCR is watching and expecting compliance to improve.
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By Matt Fisher – Imagine this scenario: an individual is suffering from substance use disorder and decides to seek help. A big reason for not getting treatment is reportedly not knowing how or where to get treatment, not being able to afford the treatment, and/or not finding a program or clinician where they wanted to be able to go.
By Matt Fisher – The risk to privacy and security of healthcare information, despite all of the headlines, does not only come from outside attackers. Inside threats are real and can go undetected for potentially longer periods of time.
Last Change to Register – June 18th at 1pm ET – AI is transforming healthcare by improving operational efficiencies, diagnostics, and patient care. However, this shift introduces new cybersecurity threats. Join Answers Media Network and industry experts as they discuss AI’s role in healthcare security.
By Matt Fisher – The steady stream of settlements from the Office for Civil Rights continues. The underpinning to many of the recent settlements is notification following the occurrence of a data breach, often from some form of a cyber attack.