Fueling Innovation in Healthcare by Scaling Access to Protected Data

The following is a guest article by Dr. Suraj Kapa, Chief Medical Officer at TripleBlind Data is arguably the most critical driver of innovation in healthcare today. When you think about it, everything in healthcare hinges on having access to the right data: From developing new drugs and medical devices to allocating scarce resources amidst supply chain issues. Getting your hands on the data necessary to make breakthroughs in healthcare is a significant challenge given its sensitive nature. Essentially, we need a way to have our cake (access raw health data to drive life-saving advances in medical care) and eat it too (maintain said data’s privacy). Historically, organizations have tried to get around this by using synthetic, abstracted, or pre-anonymized datasets, but that strategy just doesn’t cut it. Best case scenario, it can result in higher costs to healthcare systems. Worst case scenario, it can result in flawed insights if the data contains errors or is missing key elements.  Thankfully, new solutions have emerged that let organizations safely collaborate with sensitive data and algorithms using federated analytics. Keeping health data secure yet accessible offers the best of both worlds: Total privacy without any barriers to innovation.  With all that said, let’s look at the state of health data, current practices, and how new solutions are letting us have our cake and eat it too. Grab your fork.  Healthcare has a Data Problem: Here’s How We’ve Been Tryi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - Category: Information Technology Authors: Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Artificial Intelligence Data Privacy data security Dr. Suraj Kapa Federated Analytics Health Data Health Data Analyt Source Type: blogs