WARNING: File-sharing Risk for Sensitive Data

Physicians who use file-sharing software (like BitTorrent , Kazaa, or LimeWire) on their computers could inadvertently put their patients' health and financial information at risk, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.

A year-long study analyzed 23 million to 24 million files in the U.S. and Canada, finding that personal health & financial information could be accessed through a simple search in 5% of U.S. files -- hundreds of thousands of files, including Social Security numbers, patient insurance information, personal banking information, and more.

TED Talks on iSITE

Microsoft's Gary Flake demonstrates an exciting new paradigm for navigating data and content. Watch his TED Talk on the Information Systems homepage in iSITE!