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Hackers, peer-to-peer networks, human error all threaten health data security

The great thing about the Internet is that it's global. The bad thing about the Internet is that it's global. Just ask Dr. John Halamka, CIO of CareGroup Health System in Boston. "I spend about $1 Read more...

Study: Patient data at risk with file-sharing networks

It's been a decade since the height of Napster's popularity, but file sharing remains rampant on the Internet through networks such as Limewire, BitTorrent and Kazaa. And that may threaten the Read more...

Study: Peer-to-peer file sharing apps can expose medical data

Here's a new problem to add to the list of ways in which health data can be left exposed to intruders: A university technology professor has submitted research demonstrating that he could obtain Read more...