Rise of digital health technologies sparks urgent need for identity management

Consumers are becoming more concerned that the sharing of their personal and medical data by providers and other healthcare stakeholders will lead to security and privacy breaches, according to a recent study by Black Book Research.

Indeed, as electronic healthcare systems become more interoperable and as more digital patient information is collected and stored, the number of people and organizations trying to access this data – provider employees, colleagues, business partners, payers, pharmaceutical companies, and other healthcare stakeholders – has dramatically increased.

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