In the face of government regulation such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), personal health information (PHI) continues to leak into the public domain at an alarming rate, resulting in fraudulent insurance claims, identity theft and other costs to the health care industry.  Research indicates PHI can easily be found on peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing networks. But why?

Eric Johnson, Professor of Operations Management at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, has performed extensive research in this area – examining the nature and demand for this type of information on P2P networks. Not surprisingly, there is both the opportunity for fraud, and substantial evidence of the occurrence of fraud. Eric’s ongoing research is funded by grants from NSF and DHS.

Eric joins Chris King, director of product marketing for Palo Alto Networks, during a provocative webinar which addresses the following topics:
    •    How PHI leaks into the public domain
    •    Real world examples of the types of data found on P2P networks
    •    The nature of the fraud that can (and has) occurred
    •    What health care organizations can do to mitigate these risks