Clinical data should be treated as a public good when used for research or artificial intelligence algorithm development, so long as patients’ privacy is protected, according to a report from the...
Once people are aware of the issues surrounding genomic data sharing, collection, and security, individuals are more concerned with how their information will be used and expect to receive compensation...
ONC is working to advance precision medicine research by supporting projects that improve health data standards, adopting policies that support data security and privacy, and promoting data sharing...
Fifty-three percent of healthcare executives say that the healthcare industry is ahead of most other industries in artificial intelligence adoption, according to a survey from KPMG.
However, 37...
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is partnering with Deloitte to help customers securely find, subscribe to, and use third-party data in the cloud using AWS Data Exchange, a new service that can help address...
An integrated data system is allowing officials in Rhode Island to develop a more thorough understanding of the health needs of residents.
The usefulness of healthcare big data — that is, the...
A new agreement between the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), will aim to leverage UMBC’s expertise in machine learning and...
In recent years, artificial intelligence has rapidly become the chief topic of conversation among healthcare executives, vendors, and IT developers.
Experts at organizations across the care...
The American Heart Association (AHA) is partnering with RapidSOS to improve medical emergency outcomes by enabling data sharing between patients and first responders.
The solution from AHA and...
The American Medical Association (AMA) is calling on CMS and ONC to implement stricter data privacy controls in their health IT proposals.
In comments submitted to CMS, AMA responded to the...
Penn State researchers recently announced their plan to create a Digital Collaboratory for Precision Health Research that will leverage big data analytics to boost individualized care.
Project...
More than 40,000 healthcare stakeholders gather at the HIMSS Convention and Exhibition every year to get a good look at some of the most advanced and intriguing health IT tools on offer from hundreds...
Blockchain may have entered the healthcare lexicon in 2016 as a somewhat fuzzy concept, but the innovative method of securing and validating data transactions is poised to take the industry by storm...
The Office of the National Coordinator is looking at the possibility of adding blockchain technology to its health IT arsenal by offering cash prizes for the best research papers addressing the...
The explosion of digital data in the healthcare industry seems to have brought with it nothing but problems. From complaints about EHR usability and workflows to the complicated quandaries of data...
Nine out of ten data scientists agree: patients should be very concerned about their privacy when it comes to the enormous amount of data healthcare providers are collecting. In a poll conducted by...
Sometimes, too much data can be a bad thing – or at least a puzzling one. Genetic researchers analyzing DNA for cancer markers are facing some ethical quandaries and serious patient privacy concerns...
