Analytics

Electronic medical records are being hailed as a way to save money, but they're also making it easier to commit fraud; text analytics and sophisticated data mining software can help stop it.

Only 22 percent of information managers say business side is aware and prepared for threats, according to new survey.

As copious new data sources and an improving array of storage and analytic technologies herald the onset of the Big Data era, insurers have some work to do just to keep afloat.

15 minutes with Sharon Ludlow.

Initiative expected to address one of physicians’ largest barriers of entry into electronic health record’s (EHR)—cost.

Solid-state disks still have a place, but price tag keeping many away, survey states.

A national standard would require organizations to take a proactive approach to securing data, and face criminal actions if willfully withholding information about a breach.

Health organizations, including insurers, need to update practices and take a more integrated approach to ensure that patient information is safe.

Federal testimony on virtualization includes calls for standardization, persistent security questions.

Aetna, Humana, Kaiser Permanente and UnitedHealthcare contribute to the launch of a new data-sharing initiative.