Medical Imaging Informatics

This blog provides information on conferences and novelties in the area of Medical Imaging Informatics (MII). MII has a broad scope ranging from the Radiology Information System and Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) to Advanced Visualization and Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD). To find new opportunities in healthcare we need to look at informatics solutions in other areas to apply them into the medical field to achieve higher level healthcare at lower costs.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Healthcare only accounted for 1% of data breaches in 2010

Are Healthcare facilities at the highest level of protection against malicious attacks? Or are they attacked less often compared to others?

In 2010, only 1 percent of the 761 data breaches reported concerned healthcare facilities. This is determined in a security report published by Verizon that can be downloaded here.