Medical data is only as valuable as the uses it’s put toward. When shared between patients, providers, and payers, data becomes a tool for improving health outcomes and the healthcare experience. But as we gather and use more data, we also create more risk. Whenever data is transmitted between systems, there’s a chance it could… Read More »
Three healthcare plans in Tennessee have joined an effort to improve the accuracy of provider data submitted to insurers. The plans are getting help from CAQH, a healthcare stakeholder organization that works with providers and payers to improve business processes. BlueCross Blue Shield of Tennessee, UnitedHealthcare and Amerigroup of Tennessee are using the CAQH ProView… Read More »
Even as healthcare organizations contemplate moving more computing functions to the cloud, IT execs question the security of their data. A survey from the Cloud Security Alliance, which works to ensure a secure cloud computing environment, found 69 percent of respondent organizations are migrating data for enterprise resource planning applications to the cloud, with nearly… Read More »
As networks have advanced in complexity, so have the tools and tactics of cybercriminals. Organizations increase their cybersecurity budgets and teams, yet breaches keep occurring. In the fight for stronger security, vendors are offering up AI and machine learning as a Holy Grail. But do these technologies actually deliver? Frequent headlines make it clear that… Read More »