by Tambre Leighn, Well Beyond Ordinary We’ve got a secret In terms of healthcare privacy, my first significant encounter came when I was a young adult caring for my late…
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We are at DEF CON this week presenting our latest work, and the timeline since our proof-of-concept study published last year.
Subject: Public Comment Regarding the Proposed HTI-1 Rule on Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability To: Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) Greetings, On behalf of The Light...
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The Light Collective is thrilled to announce our partnership with CancerX, a public-private partnership co-hosted by Moffitt Cancer Center and the Digital Medicine Society (DiMe).
The Light Collective is advancing the collective rights, voices, and interests of patient communities in healthcare technology. You can read all about our mission here. Healthcare technology can move faster than our…
It is with a heavy heart that we announce the unexpected passing of our dear friend KJ Surkan. KJ passed away peacefully in his sleep on Saturday, January 28th. Born February 6, 1969, KJ was a light in this world and was an integral part of our community. There are no words to express our deep sorrow but we are grateful to have known KJ.
It is both appropriate and regrettable that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Cybersecurity Awareness Month. As breast cancer survivors, collaborators with online patient communities, and founders of an organization representing the rights and voices of patients in healthcare technology, we are committed to using technology to educate, support, and empower as many breast cancer patients as possible so they can have the knowledge and tools to beat cancer and live their best lives.
There is a new report from George Washington University called Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub rates 68 countries on their approaches to data governance. This report scores each country on 26 factors over six categories.
Experts say some hospitals’ use of an ad tracking tool may violate a federal law protecting health information
While these changes were widely praised and covered in the media as a step to make the platform safer, this new analysis shares the current state of ad targeting tools to infer an individual’s “interests” as a proxy for medical history.