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How to Overcome HIPAA Myths to Enhance the Protection of Healthcare Data

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The following is a guest article by Kate Barecchia, Global Data Privacy Officer at Imperva. In cybersecurity, change is essential to defeat two of the most common causes of data breaches: the ever-evolving attack styles of hackers and human error. For many of us, change is hard. According to the U.S.

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Cerebral Admits HIPAA Breach, Reports Leak of Data On 3.1 Million Users

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has admitted that it inappropriately shared private health data on 3.1 million of its users, a problem that arose from its use of pixel-based tracking technologies which gather and share data on people who visit the site. which it said shared sensitive healthcare data inappropriately. Online mental provider Cerebral, Inc.

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How Healthcare Communication Platforms Can Harness Generative AI in a HIPAA-Compliant Way

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( HIPAA ) is a federal law that safeguards sensitive patient health information (PHI) from being disclosed. Up to now, HIPAA-compliant data security and generative AI haven’t gone hand-in-hand as AI is trained on large datasets centrally and often by third parties.

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HIPAA Seal of Compliance = Consumer Fraud

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a consumer fraud settlement against a company that displayed a ‘HIPAA Compliant’ seal on its website.

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Healthy Data Management: How IT Assists Healthcare Institutions

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Doctors remotely manage patient data without being tied to a specific medical facility. They also handle large volumes of data effortlessly within their hospitals. This includes personal data, medical histories, laboratory results, insurance numbers, and more. Simply open a mobile app and download the report to your smartphone.

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CyncHealth Optimizes Health Data Sharing to Enhance the Patient Experience

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As health data sharing continues to evolve, the mere collection of patient data is no longer sufficient; it’s imperative that the data collected have tangible value for overburdened clinicians increasingly being requested to gather more data.

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Digital Transformation Relies on Data Center Storage

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This support can take many forms, but digital transformation consistently leverages more data which requires increased storage and computing power. In fact, global data creation is expected to grow to more than 180 zettabytes by 2025. It is reported that about 80% of healthcare data is unstructured and untapped after it is created.

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