Patient Privacy News

LA Patient Privacy Incident Discloses COVID-19 Vaccine Status 

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An accidental patient privacy event shared online the COVID-19 vaccination status of over 4,000 Los Angeles County...

West Virginia Center’s Health Data Breach Includes Patients’ PHI

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Prestera Center is notifying patients of a recent data breach that includes protected health information.  The breach includes unauthorized access to employee email accounts...

Ransomware Attack Targets Protected Health Information at Law Firm

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The Campbell, Conroy & O’Neil law firm, which has 10 locations around the country, announced a data privacy incident that included protected health information (PHI.)  Some of the...

Patient Privacy Incident Leads to Accidental PHI Disclosure

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Oklahoma Heart Hospital is notifying patients about a patient privacy incident that involved some patients’ protected health information (PHI) accidentally being donated to a...

MS Cancer Center Joins List Affected by Elekta Data Breach  

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The Cancer Center of Greenwood Leflore Hospital is reporting that some of its patients’ protected health information (PHI) is part of the larger Elekta data...

Elekta Health Data Breach Strikes Jefferson Health, Disclosing PHI

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Jefferson Health, which has locations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, is notifying patients of a health data breach that exposed patients’ protected...

Over 68K Advocate Aurora Patients Impacted by Elekta Health Data Breach

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Advocate Aurora Health is notifying over 68,000 patients of its seven Illinois sites that their PHI is part of the recent Elekta health data breach.  A total of 68,707 individuals are...

Intermountain Says Patients’ PHI Exposed in Elekta Health Data Breach

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Intermountain Healthcare of Southern Nevada is one of the latest victims of the larger Elekta health data breach, which exposed patients’ protected health...

Health Cyberattack Exposes PHI for 45K at Florida Heart Associates 

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Florida Heart Associates is notifying over 45,000 individuals about a health cyberattack that exposed their protected health information (PHI.)  A total...

Healthcare Data Breach in IL Exposes COVID-19 Vaccination Status 

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The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center (LCHD) in Illinois is currently notifying over 700 individuals impacted by a recent healthcare data...

New CISA PrintNightmare Order Spurs Health IT Security Concern

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an Emergency Directive on PrintNightmare July 13th, raising concerns for health IT security...

Cardinal Contracting Data Breach Includes Medical Information

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Cardinal Contracting is notifying 4,519 people nationwide who have been impacted by a recent data breach that exposed personal data,...

Cyberattack Exposes Protected Health Information of 43K New Yorkers

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Over 43,000 patients are being notified after a cyberattack on NYC Health + Hospitals exposed private data, which included Protected Health Information...

California Updates Health Facility Data Breach Requirements 

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California is tightening up its health facility data breach regulations and recently issued an update to its administrative penalties and reporting requirements.  The newly...

Connecticut’s Updated Cybersecurity Law Now Protects Patient Data 

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A newly signed Connecticut cybersecurity law will now allow for the protection of patient data and other private health information.  An Act Concerning Data Privacy...

OIG: Gaps in CMS ERM Puts Genomic Data Security at Risk 

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A newly released report is pointing out a flaw with CMS Enterprise Risk Management processes that leaves genomic data security liable.  The Department of Health and...

ClearBalance Data Incident Impacts Over 200,000 US Patients’ PII  

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ClearBalance, a California-based company, is notifying over 200,000 customers that their personally identifiable information (PII) may have been stolen during a recent...

Colorado Governor Signs The Colorado Privacy Act Into Law  

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Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) into law on July 8, adding protections for Colorado consumer’s data and...

IRS: Cyberthief Sentenced to Prison After Stealing Patients PHI 

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A Texas mas was sentenced to prison on July 8 for stealing patients' private health information and going on shopping sprees, among other crimes, according...

Patient Info Exposed in Health Clinic Cyberattack Data Breach 

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The Iowa-based Peoples Community Health Clinic (PCHC) notified patients on June 29 that a recent cyberattack may have impacted patients’ private information.  PCHC...