60 Minute Seminar

Educational Programs, Workshops, Seminars, New Idea Session, and Small Group Discussions

TI-006 - Information Security Must be a Priority in Dental Education

Presenter(s)

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  Amar Yousif, MBA, CISSP

  UTHealth School of Dentistry - Houston
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  Joseph Finkelstein, M.D., Ph.D.

  Columbia University College of Dental Medicine
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  Elise Eisenberg, D.D.S., M.A.

  New York University College of Dentistry

Information security in health care is more than just the technology. Information and cyber security, big data analytics and the ethical use of data are top challenges for dental education, and how you approach them as an institution and educator is crucial. These issues affect any educational data as well as the data in your electronic health record. This session will provide an overview of these issues and approaches to address these topics. We will review the current debate on the ethics of big data and the why and how of protecting the data of your students and patients.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify information and cyber security risks, challenges and how to avoid issues for faculty and students.
• Describe the why and how or protecting big data.
• Describe how big data can be utilized for the common good whilst respecting individual rights and liberties, such as the right to privacy.