health data

Dartmouth College researcher Timothy Pierson holds a prototype of Wanda, which is designed to establish secure wireless connections between devices that generate data.

Health & Safety

Researchers Hope This Invention Could Wave Away Medical Data Hacks

7:48pm May 10, 2016

by Jordan Gass-Pooré

As health care increasingly moves from hospitals and doctors' offices to the home, patient medical data become more vulnerable to hackers. Dartmouth College researchers hope their product will help.

Health & Safety

What Feds' Push To Share Health Data Means For Patients

8:10am May 09, 2016

by Charles Ornstein

ProPublica's Charles Ornstein spoke with Niall Brennan about making health data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services more widely available outside the government.

Patient data breaches have become increasingly common, but enforcement actions against the responsible organizations are relatively rare.

Health & Safety

Fines Remain Rare Even As Health Data Breaches Multiply

2:25pm February 27, 2015

by Charles Ornstein

Since 2009, a federal watchdog has levied only 22 penalties against health care organizations for failing to safeguard information about patients.

Anthem says 80 million company records were accessed in what may be one of the largest health care data breaches to date.

National

Anthem Hack Renews Calls For Laws To Better Prevent Breaches

2:46pm February 06, 2015

by Elise Hu

Hackers gained access to records of 80 million Anthem customers and employees, the health insurance giant says. But how can the seemingly endless mega-hacks be prevented?

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