Privacy by Default and Privacy by Design are two principles that GDPR calls to mind and that data controllers must follow when applying in practice the protection of personal and sensitive data. More than a year after the GDPR came into force, what has actually changed in the way healthcare software is designed and implemented? Continue reading
Doctors use email, WhatsApp, SMS to communicate with their patients. With serious security and privacy risks, dispersing these messages outside of the EMR. Continue reading
A study appeared last Wednesday in BMJ describes a disturbing scenario regarding health apps and their data management. Users’ privacy is at risk! Continue reading
GDPR introduces the principles of “privacy by default” and privacy by design”, on the base of which all company processes have to be re-designed; a change that deeply impact the healthcare information systems. Easy to say but very hard to realise. Continue reading
