Data Warehousing

With security concerns, including a potential breach and a class-action suit, around Meta Pixel and other web tracking tools, health systems should be considering "all the ways PHI may be used, disclosed and accessed," says a former OCR investigator.

The in-person Boston event will gather health system CISOs, security directors, and other IT and infosec leaders to share strategies for risk mitigation in an ever more complex threat landscape.

IBDC is mandated to archive all life science data generated from public research in the country.

His paper calls for a federal healthcare cybersecurity leader and discusses key challenges for regulatory agencies, as well as potential mandates and incentive programs. One industry CISO comments.

A cyber hack into a third-party vendor's email led to the exposure of patient and clinical data, resulting in care delays and clinical workflow disruptions across the health system. 

Allison Viola, Senior Advisor for Health IT at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, says data collected is too often inaccurate or not reflective of populations' demographics.

"We've been able to minimize interruptions to hospital operations and patient care, foster ongoing healthcare innovations with AI and analytics, and allow clinicians to access medical data in seconds," a tech director says.

The letter from Sen. Mark Warner to the Facebook founder comes just days after Advocate Aurora Health notified patients of a potential breach involving a pixel-tracking tool.

The health system says that, "out of an abundance of caution," it's assuming that anyone with Advocate Aurora Health MyChart account, including users of its LiveWell app, could be affected – as many as 3 million people.

Aimed at health organizations with complex compliance requirements, the Landing Zone Accelerator for Healthcare offers a no-code solution across dozens of AWS services and can help govern multi-account environments.