Unveiling health data vulnerabilities: The growing threat to our digital Health data privacy and confidentiality
Difference between data security and privacy, as well as their contemporary regulatory enforcement Although data privacy and security are interrelated concepts, they are distinct in that data privacy concerns who can access a particular dataset. It also covers how that data is shared and to whom it is shared. Data security, on the other hand, […]
Breaking Down Healthcare Algorithmic Bias: A Deep Dive.
Exploring the nexus: the relationship between healthcare algorithmic bias and health Outcome Healthcare algorithmic bias can result in heightened inequalities in health outcomes. However, this unfavorable state of health outputs may be unintentional, as the origins and sources of these biases may pre-date the conception and development of the algorithm[1]. Algorithmic bias in healthcare can […]
Exposing the Dark Secrets of Healthcare Artificial Intelligence (AI) Bias Origins and Sources
Algorithmic bias occurs when the application of an algorithm heightens both new or previously identified contemporary inequities in health outcomes. It replicates new or existing health inequity on a massive scale without adequate oversight[1]. This large-scale algorithmic replication of our society’s health disparity can compound existing disadvantages of different groups based on race, gender, religion, […]
Fostering Trust and Better Health: The Importance of Unrestricted Health Information Flow
Why patients and Stakeholders Demand Better Digital Health Information Sharing If you live in Texas and go on a vacation to a remote part of Mongolia with your credit cards in hand, you will be able to survive as far as there is an ATM close by and stores that accept major credit cards. This […]
Breaking Down Barriers: The Impact of Technology on The Fight Against Breast Cancer Disparity in Minority Populations
Breast cancer disproportionately impacts women of color. Black women are more likely to die from breast cancer at every age. The incidence of breast cancer is higher in black women and other women of color compared to non-Hispanic whites[1]. The disparity is grounded in many socio-economic and environmental factors/social determinants of health (SDOH). SDOH includes […]
Now is the Time to Rethink the Role of Advanced Health Technology in Addressing Public Health Inequity
Good intentions alone are not enough to reverse our health inequity In good faith, the U.S. Preventive Task Force (USPTF) changed the Lung Cancer (Lung CA) screening criteria to reduce the burden of Lung CA. However, the change had an unexpected effect and didn’t increase the screening rate among ethnic minority groups as expected [1]. […]
