Data Integrity

Healthcare Execs Raise Concern Over Inaccurate Patient Data

February 17, 2022 - In 2022, healthcare executives are most concerned about inaccurate patient data holding them back from providing quality patient care and a positive patient experience, according to a new survey published by Verato and Sage Growth Partners. By surveying 100 healthcare executives, researchers found that nearly 72 percent of respondents are concerned...


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NSF Grants $225K to Integrate Graphene with Nexus Blockchain Protocol

by Fred Donovan

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $225,000 grant to integrate new Graphene technology with SimplyVital Health’s Nexus blockchain protocol. Graphene is a block propagation...

Organizations Face Several Health Data Interoperability Hurdles

by Fred Donovan

There are four main hurdles regarding health data interoperability, Patrick Getzen, senior vice president and chief data and analytics officer at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC),...

GAO: IT System Issues Persist with VA’s Family Caregiver Program

by Fred Donovan

The Department of Veterans Affairs has repeatedly tried and failed to fix IT system problems with its Family Caregiver Program, according to a recent Government Accountability Office (GAO)...

Organizations See 878% Health Data Growth Rate Since 2016

by Fred Donovan

Healthcare organizations have seen an explosive health data growth rate of 878 percent since 2016, reaching 8.41 petabytes (PB) on average in 2018, according statistics compiled by Dell EMC. The scale...

Researchers Test Blockchain for Clinical Trails’ Data Integrity

by Fred Donovan

Researchers at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have developed a proof-of-concept method for using blockchain to safeguard data integrity of clinical trials. Blockchain creates an...

BIDMC CIO Lays Out 3 Good Use Cases for Healthcare Blockchain

by Fred Donovan

CAMBRIDGE—Healthcare blockchain currently has three good use cases — physician credentialing, data integrity, and data sharing consent — observed Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center...

Federated Network Could Share Data Across Cancer Centers

by Frank Irving

A new element in the national health IT infrastructure could be a system that facilitates data and biospecimen sharing among U.S. cancer centers. A team led by scientists from the University of...

Two-Factor Authentication Gains Stature in IT Infrastructure

by Frank Irving

U.S. hospitals are increasingly supporting the health IT infrastructure for two-factor authentication to protect access to electronic protected health information (ePHI). The Office of the National...