Healthcare data is exploding, with a single patient generating around 100 megabytes of data each year by 2025. The compound annual growth rate of data for healthcare is expected to be upwards of 40%, higher than most other major industries.
To keep all this healthcare data secure while facilitating the flow of information, there is a growing need to anonymously link a wide range of data sets together at the patient level. Healthcare data is extremely sensitive, but with patient tokenization, healthcare organizations can get a comprehensive view of the patient journey while maintaining a minimum risk of re-identification.
Tokenization works by removing the valuable data from your environment and replacing it with reversable tokens. Most businesses hold at least some sensitive data within their systems, whether it be personal information, Social Security numbers, clinical information, financial information, or anything else that requires security and protection.
Tokenization helps protect businesses from the negative financial and credibility impacts of a data theft. Even in the case of breach, valuable personal data simply isn't there to steal. Tokenization can't protect your business from a data breach—but it can reduce the financial fallout from any potential breach.