Renown Health Falls Victim to Elekta Data Breach, PHI Exposed
Renown Health in Nevada announced that its patients’ protected health information (PHI) was exposed through an April data breach of its business associate, Elekta. Over 40 other health systems...UofL Health Data Breach Occurs After PHI Sent to Wrong Email
UofL Health in Louisville, Kentucky sent notification letters to over 40,000 patients explaining that their protected health information (PHI) was accidentally sent to the wrong email address in a...Scripps Health Ransomware Attack Leads to Class-Action Lawsuits
Scripps Health in San Diego, California is facing two class-action lawsuits after a recent ransomware attack that led to EHR downtime and disruptions in care. The plaintiffs claim that the attack was...Sponsored by Avanan
The Phishing Problem in Healthcare
The healthcare sector has been inundated with cyberattacks in 2020 and 2021. Though they come from all different angles, the top one, by far, is email. If email is not protected, breaches will happen....Disclosed OpenClinic Flaws Pose Remote Code Execution, PHI Risk
Researchers from Bishop Fox Labs discovered four vulnerabilities in the OpenClinic application, an open-source health records management software, which could allow an attacker to read patient...Millions of Medical Images Exposed, as US Fails to Secure PACS Flaws
In the Fall of 2019, a damning report from ProPublica outlined a massive healthcare exposure: millions of medical images generated from Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) were left...Search Engines May Expose Patient Health Information, ACR warns
New search engine capabilities may inadvertently expose patient identifiers and other protected health information, according to a warning from the American College of Radiology...Hackers Access PHI During Mat-Su Surgical Ransomware Attack
Arkansas-based Mat-Su Surgical Associates (MTA) is notifying 13,136 current patients and some current or former patients of Valley Surgical Associates that their protected health information was viewed...OCR Shares COVID-19 PHI, Data Sharing Guidance for First Responders
The Office for Civil Rights released guidance for how protected health information on patients exposed or infected with COVID-19 can be shared with first responders, such as law enforcement,...Massive SingHealth Data Breach Caused by Lack of Basic Security
Singapore’s July 2018 personal data breach of 1.5 million SingHealth patients, including Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was caused by bad system management, a lack of employee training, and...Sponsored by Insight
Mobile Devices in Healthcare Increase, as Do Security Challenges
Healthcare organizations are deploying mobile devices in greater numbers to improve employee productivity and patient experience. In fact, 90 percent of healthcare IT decision-makers surveyed recently...Sponsored by Insight
Best Practices for Providers to Secure Patient Data
The number and frequency of cyberthreats to patient data show no sign of slowing down, with hackers devoting more time and resources to stealing patient data. As a result, healthcare organizations are...Sponsored by Insight
Identifying the Challenges to Securing Patient Data
Cybercriminals are putting more time and resources into stealing and monetizing protected health information (PHI). The healthcare industry is growing increasingly concerned with the harvesting of...New York Suspends Nurse for HIPAA Violation Affecting 3K Patients
The state of New York has suspended Martha Smith-Lightfoot, a former nurse at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC), for a HIPAA violation. Smith-Lightfoot admitted to disclosing PHI when...Perils of Healthcare Phishing and What You Can Do About It
The old stereotype used to be that doctors didn’t work on Wednesday because they were out playing golf or fishing. Today, healthcare phishing is no joke to doctors, many of whom work on Wednesdays and weekends, or for other...Sponsored Article
Why Email Failed To Replace Fax For Secure Document Exchange
Sharing PHI in a HIPAA-compliant fashion using current health IT infrastructure continues to prove a pain point for covered...Sponsored by JotForm
