Trend Micro is showing off new cybersecurity tools running on Nvidia chips at the Computex conference this week, according to Reuters.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT
Healthcare organizations use AI to ease the documentation burden between groups and can bring data from their networks – including electronic health records – into one place that hackers can target in their efforts to hack, request ransom and sell health data.
“They go into the company and find this huge trove of information,” Kevin Simzer, Trend Micro’s chief operating officer, told Reuters.
Simzer also said in Taiwan on Sunday that the tools could also be used to protect data fed into AI systems, including generative AI chatbots that may contain protected information.
Nvidia AI computing is being leveraged to improve risk assessments for patients, for example.
Taiwan’s National Health Research Institute and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital use AI to predict the risk of chronic diseases by analyzing various genetic and environmental parameters, according to the company.
“This level of analysis was previously inaccessible due to computational constraints,” said Dr. Hung-Yi Chiou, director of the Institute of Population Health Sciences at INDH. blog post Sunday.
THE BIGGEST TREND
Many technology platforms used by healthcare organizations now have AI integrations that leverage provider data, and many more will appear in mobile apps accessed by providers and patients.
Last year, Salesforce announced data cloud automation and AI integrations that create real-time patient profiles from EHR data and other systems. Many providers offer similar chatbot-based access to streamline operations.
Amanda Bury, commercial director of Infermedica, a digital health company specializing in AI-based systems for symptom analysis and patient triage, said: Healthcare IT News last month, that AI could optimize patient portal and mobile experiences.
“By integrating AI tools into familiar patient-facing technologies, such as patient portals or mobile apps, healthcare organizations can help guide patients to the most appropriate care options, including telemedicine, based on their specific health profile, medical history and current symptoms. » said Bury.
While genAI can help better meet patient needs, hackers who phish or break into these systems may ask specific questions to obtain the underlying data.
ON THE FILE
“That’s what we’re going to look for and make sure we see it first and we can make sure it doesn’t go any further,” Simzer told Reuters.
Andrea Fox is the editor-in-chief of Healthcare IT News.
E-mail: afox@himss.org
Healthcare IT News is a HIMSS Media publication.
