Search Tag: Data Privacy
Seven-steps-to-a-more-efficient-and-resilient-it-solution
2017 20 Feb
Efficient patient-centric care models require consolidating mountains of data. Acquisitions and regionalization further compound the challenge. How does an organization capitalize on what could easily become a liability? Fredrik Gustavsson, Sectra CTO, sums up the answer simply, “Don’t buy technology. Buy solutions for your clinical pathways.”...Read more
Share-our-data-gdpr-and-the-patient-view
2018 27 Jun
The European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect on 25 May. Directly binding and applicable in all EU states, the GDPR aims to protect the data and privacy of the European population by giving control back to citizens and to make the regulatory environment simpler for international business. Non-compliance comes at...Read more
4-tips-on-blockchain-and-gdpr-compliance
2019 08 Jan
Blockchain technology has been touted as an important innovation when it comes to storing and securing data, which abounds in healthcare. Some experts say the technology could help facilitate the creation of a more comprehensive, secure and interoperable repository of health-related information. Many healthcare organisations in Europe are...Read more
Ai-ethical-legal-issues-car-white-paper
2019 10 Apr
Artificial intelligence ( AI ) software that analyses medical images is becoming increasingly prevalent. However, the promise of AI as a tool for promoting and enhancing personalised medicine can only be fulfilled with access to large quantities of medical data from patients. This data could be used for purposes such as predicting disease, diagnosis,...Read more
Monitor-me-infographic
2019 26 Aug
An overview of mHealth and its application and implementation in healthcare. Read more
Cybersecurity-key-best-practices-for-protecting-health-data
2019 19 Nov
With digital technology now widely used in healthcare, from doctor appointment scheduling apps to telehealth systems, risks of patient data being hacked have increased immensely. As such, the concept of "patient wellbeing" has evolved to include data privacy and protection. This change is not surprising considering that, given recent high-profile cyberattacks –notably...Read more
Making-contact-tracing-more-secure
2021 20 Feb
A group of researchers at the University of Notre Dame is working to address the security issues of the existing COVID-19 contact tracing systems. You might also like: A new report from ETSI analyses and compares various contact tracing applications and methods utilised to help mitigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more. ...Read more
Is-alexa-spying-on-you
2021 06 Jul
In a class action lawsuit filed last week, healthcare workers alleged that their Amazon Alexa-enabled devices may have recorded their conversations – including potentially protected information - without their intent. In a storyline that could be ripped right out of Dave Egger's bestselling dystopian novel "The Circle", four plaintiffs raise...Read more
Womens-health-innovation-summit-2022
2022 29 Sep
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How-to-utilise-the-massive-amount-of-health-data-collected-by-consumers-to-improve-health-outcomes
2022 13 Sep
This article discusses why big data is underutilised in healthcare and why it makes sense to utilise it for healthcare improvement. It also explores how to achieve data privacy and security with big healthcare data. Introduction The discussion about big data in healthcare always has a predictable format, especially in Europe. It laments...Read more
Commission-welcomes-g7-leaders-agreement-on-guiding-principles-a-code-of-conduct-on-ai
2023 30 Oct
The Commission welcomes today's agreement by G7 leaders on International Guiding Principles on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a voluntary Code of Conduct for AI developers under the Hiroshima AI process. These principles and the voluntary Code of Conduct will complement, at international level, the legally binding rules that the EU co-legislators...Read more