Tag Archives: Data

Concern for security of data in the cloud worries IT execs

Even as healthcare organizations contemplate moving more computing functions to the cloud, IT execs question the security of their data. A survey from the Cloud Security Alliance, which works to ensure a secure cloud computing environment, found 69 percent of respondent organizations are migrating data for enterprise resource planning applications to the cloud, with nearly… Read More »

ONC to Congress: Room for improvement in data sharing

Dive Brief: Despite widespread EHR adoption, providers, patients and payers still face significant hurdles in accessing and sharing data, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology says in its latest progress report to Congress. The 22-page report, released this week, covers the timeframe of November 2016 through October 2018. Ongoing barriers to seamless… Read More »

AstraZeneca, Merck's Lynparza plows ahead in ovarian cancer with $1B-plus approval, phase 3 data

The year may be winding down, but AstraZeneca and Merck’s Lynparza sure isn’t. It picked up a blockbuster new approval late Wednesday and followed up the act by posting positive phase 3 data Thursday morning. U.S. regulators green-lighted the fast-growing PARP inhibitor in BRCA-mutated ovarian cancer patients who’ve responded partially or completely to an initial… Read More »

Research expected to help cull outcomes in claims and EHR data

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $ 224,793 grant to Vanguard Medical Technologies, an incubation firm, to find outcomes data for researchers. The firm is charged with developing technology that will enable clinical trials to use artificial intelligence to dive into an electronic health records system and cull out useful data. As regulatory bodies… Read More »

Abortionists sue to block accurate data collection on abortion. What do they have to hide?

You’ve probably heard that abortion is “safe,” or that abortion is one of the “safest procedures” today. These are common talking points touted by Planned Parenthood and other pro-abortion groups in public. It sounds good — who doesn’t like safety? — but is there sufficient evidence to back up such bold claims? The evidence we… Read More »