Becker's Healthcare January 20, 2022
Naomi Diaz

Health data has transformed healthcare and with the rise of telehealth, patient data is being acquired quickly, but healthcare facilities must balance healthcare data collection with patient privacy, Raconteur reported Jan. 19.

A report by Mckinsey & Company found that telehealth usage during the COVID-19 pandemic increased by 38 times.

But this increase in telehealth usage also led to an increase in health data sharing, according to the report, and patient healthcare data has increasingly become a target for data breaches.

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