"Virginia Tech Researchers Maximize Data Security, Minimize Machine Interactions to Improve Patient Care"
According to Sarah Parker, the chair of health systems and implementation science at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, physicians spend much of their days handling computer inputs. Parker emphasized that while medical professionals work to save a patient's life, they are also responsible for the patient's digitized information. Therefore, she and her team are developing methods to improve data security while reducing machine interactions to improve patient care. The team is exploring how to foster a shared awareness between healthcare providers and patients. Recently, the project's scope has been expanded to research how to integrate privacy and security into the location-to-location flow of medical data within healthcare systems. This article continues to discuss the Virginia Tech research team's project aimed at exploring methods to streamline the workflow of medical data while integrating privacy and security.