Networks are the backbone of many healthcare organizations’ technology initiatives. Networks support all of a health system’s traditional workflows in addition to newer remote work infrastructure, virtual care platforms and Internet of Medical Things…
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The following is a guest article by Steve Lazer, Global Healthcare & Life Sciences CTO at Dell Technologies.
In the current digital environment, businesses are constantly bombarded with data. That data comes in all shapes…
The National Institute of Standards and Technology says it will publish the Ascon group of algorithms in its lightweight cryptography standard later this year.WHY IT MATTERS
NIST has found “a worthy defender” of data generated by small Internet of Things-connected devices as the result of a four-year international competition, according to the…
What Is Protected Health Information?According to UC Berkeley’s Human Research Protection Program, PHI includes any information found in medical records or clinical data sets that can be used to identify an individual. In addition, this information must have been collected, used or disclosed while providing a healthcare service. PHI can be used during the diagnosis or treatment of a patient or in clinical research processes.
The HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule require the protection of identifiable health information, such as:
Information collected by doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers in the medical record
Conversations between doctors and other healthcare providers about a patient’s…
For the 106th episode of the Healthcare IT Podcast, we are discussing the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)! First we analyze what IoMT makes us think of and what it includes. Then, we share what devices we’re excited to see come out. Next, we take a look at what the recent explosion of IoMT means for healthcare organizations. And lastly, we debate on the impact IoMT has on security and privacy.
Here’s a preview of the questions and topics we discuss in this episode:
What do you think of when you see the term IoMT?
Are there devices or categories of devices that you…
