The rise of alt-currencies in 2017 Bitcoin and other digital currencies have been exploding in 2017. On June 11th, Bitcoin crossed the $3,000 mark for the first time in history, according to the CoinDesk Bitcoin Price Index (BPI), before dropping 10 percent the following ...
Reframing healthcare trends for 2017, see things differently
"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!'... but (hmm), 'That's funny.'" — Isaac Asimov How humans perceive, intuit, find patterns and connect ideas is still basically a mystery. Kyna Leski attempts to unravel this messy ...
Is your face the future of federated patient identification?
Recent developments and concerns regarding face-recognition technology Face-recognition technology has gone from science fiction to ubiquity almost overnight. The biometric technology is used for authentication and identification of individuals by comparing facial features from ...
CIO Report: Ransomware and health data in the cloud
For the first episode of my video interview series CIO Report, I had the opportunity to speak with Chris Bowen, founder and chief privacy and security officer of ClearDATA. We spoke about a variety of topics centered around health data security. Two topics that are top of mind ...
A CIO’s take on ransomware
As continuous research is done to create better defense against malicious computer attacks, cybercriminals have also come up with more ways to quickly get cash in their pockets. A new breed of computer virus has started infecting computers and mobile devices. These viruses are ...