Personal informatics and health data management represent a rapidly evolving interdisciplinary field that encompasses the systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of individual health ...

A whole industry of data brokers buys up vast quantities of electronic information from cell phone apps and web browsers and sells it to advertisers who use that data to target ads. The same industry ...

The personal data that companies collect from consumers online has become a big business referred to as data brokerage. However, most consumers don't know what personal information about them is being ...

Your personal data is a highly valuable commodity. Companies often treat it like a resource to be mined and traded. In practice, this means that everything you do on the Internet, what you search, ...

David K. Vawdrey, PhD, who recently joined Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger Health System as its chief data informatics officer, weighs in on his new role, biggest challenges in healthcare data analytics ...

Biologic agents themselves have also become more complex, going beyond simply producing naturally occurring macromolecules to altering or modifying them for increased efficiency or more specific ...

Vijayashree Natarajan is senior vice president and head of technology at Omega Healthcare, which produces financial, administrative and clinical systems for healthcare organizations. Given her ...

The healthcare field is rapidly evolving, and the demands for improved patient outcomes, increased efficiency, and advanced data leveraging require new thinking. Nursing informatics is a dynamic and ...

The Department of Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (DBIDS) is spotlighting its expanded leadership team, featuring four vice chairs whose expertise strengthens the department’s mission. “As we ...