by CDO Review Staff | Aug 26, 2021 | Chief Data Officer, Data Privacy & Security
The healthcare industry was the victim of 8,000 data breaches in 2020, a 51% uptick over 2019, according to a new report from digital security firm Constella. Constella writes: Key Findings From 2020 Include: Nearly 60% of the data breaches analyzed exposed some form...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 26, 2021 | Chief Data Officer, Data Privacy & Security
A ransomware attack on the University Medical Center Southern Nevada has compromised the data of 1.3 million patients, although hospital officials say electronic health records were not compromised. From HealthcareITNews: The organization said in a statement that the...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 26, 2021 | CDO Insider, Chief Data Officer, Deals
WebMD, where millions flock every month for advice on ailments, is teaming with a data management search firm to offer users the ability to search for doctors and schedule appointments. From Fierce Healthcare: The company is teaming up with symplr, a provider data...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Chief Data Officer
At the onset of the pandemic, Health and Human Services Department created a data system for hospitals to report COVID-related data, including bed counts and supply inventories. But hospitals were frustrated, and eventually incapacitated by frequent changes to...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | CDO Insider, Chief Data Officer
As data consumers increase, large organizations are having a hard time keeping up. Data professionals in large organizations are dealing with various issues including stale data, lack of automation and anticipated disruption due to privacy and security requirements,...
by CDO Review Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Chief Data Officer
3 of 4 software developers are responsible for data quality efforts in their organization, according to a recent survey from SD Times and data management firm Melissa. From SD Times: As organizations move security, testing, governance and even marketing and finance...
