FHIR, cloud, pop health and social determinants spark new security challenges

With increasing buzz around population health and social determinants of health, those two forces are poised to change philosophies around care delivery and how a hospital or health system works to keep the surrounding community healthy. While that likely means good things for patients and outcomes, it also drives more sharing, more data and more risk of losing your privacy.

There is also a big push for increasing a patient’s autonomy around their personal health information and the access they have to it, especially via personal devices which...