“Healthcare Data in the Cloud” online webinar is March 15 with Lewis University

Dr. Ibrahim Mescioglu, assistant professor of Management Information Systems at Lewis University, will present an online webinar entitled “Healthcare Data in the Cloud” at 1 p.m. on March 15. This event is being presented by Lewis University’s Institute for Information Assurance and the Graduate School of Management. The webinar will compare several popular statistical tools and machine learning techniques used for medical research and examine the limitations of those techniques in terms of their ability to protect sensitive healthcare data in the cloud.

Privacy and security rules of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protect the privacy of individually identifiable health information and set national standards for the security of electronically protected health information. Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act (PSQIA) protects identifiable information being used to analyze patient safety events and improve patient safety. For compliance, the researchers and practitioners in the medical and pharmaceutical fields employ different techniques to protect sensitive patient information while conducting their research. Widely used approaches include removing sensitive demographics information from the datasets and using aggregated data.

To register for the webinar and to receive the Weblink for live participation, please visit http://www.lewisu.edu/academics/msinfosec/events/healthcare.htm. For additional information, please contact Patty Perez at (815) 836-5913.

The Institute for Information Assurance (IIA) at Lewis University was established as a result of collaboration between the Management Information Systems department at the College of Business and the Mathematics and Computer Science department in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Lewis University is a Catholic university offering distinctive undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 6,000 traditional and adult students. Lewis offers multiple campus locations, online degree programs, and a variety of formats that provide accessibility and convenience to a growing student population. Sponsored by the De La Salle Christian Brothers, Lewis prepares ethically grounded, globally aware, and socially responsible graduates. The ninth largest private not-for-profit university in Illinois, Lewis has been nationally recognized by The Princeton Review and U.S. News & World Report.  Visit <http://www.lewisu.edu> for more information.