9. Security, Privacy, and Risk Analytics in Healthcare

Thomas H. Davenport

Information security, risk management, and privacy have always been hot topics across healthcare due to the high degree of government and industry regulation,1 the sensitive medical information that is the industry’s lifeblood, and the complexity introduced by significant outsourcing. While traditional information security software and hardware were designed to protect the huge data volumes and transactions required of deep analytics across payers, providers, and life science organizations, forward-thinking healthcare enterprises are more focused on redefining their approaches to identity protection and privacy to guarantee that when the use of analytics generates new ...

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