From our fitness trackers to our EMR’s, the amount of healthcare data is staggering. Although healthcare analytics is about a decade behind, the opportunities to learn from other industries and to catch up is tremendous. Already, we have seen the likes of Google and Amazon eye the industry with their expertise in retail, software, and […]
On the night of January 11, 2018, Hancock Health Regional Hospital was attacked by cybercriminals. The criminals targeted credentials, servers, and encrypted data that the hospital had. In order to keep functioning, the hospital resorted to pen and paper. The perpetrators asked for $55,000 so that the hospital could get the encryption keys to unlock […]
Healthcare informatics (HI) professionals are primarily concerned with how information is managed, stored, and disseminated. Naturally, this would entail that they know about computer software and applications related to the healthcare industry. On the surface this would be the reminder systems, EHRs, data repositories, coding, et. Although important, they need to think broadly about business […]