Challenges and Breakthroughs in Health IT Security – Scott Breece CISO, Community Health Systems
Topics: Big Data / Analytics Cloud Computing Internet of Things Security
Scott Breece, VP and CISO of Community Health Systems, discusses the rising security threat in healthcare with M. Eric Johnson, Dean of Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. Scott highlights how health IT is transforming healthcare, improving the patient experience and outcomes. However, digitization of healthcare data also creates new risks for the healthcare system. Scott discusses how Community Health Systems is staying ahead of those threats and securing patient data. This video was partially supported by a collaborative award from the National Science Foundation (NSF award number CNS-1329686) as part of the NSF-funded project, Trustworthy Health & Wellness. The views expressed in the interview are those of the speakers and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of NSF.