Protected Health Information

Key Differences Between PHI and PII, How They Impact HIPAA Compliance

by Jill McKeon

Personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) may seem similar on the surface, but key distinctions set them apart. While PII is a catch-all term for any information...

Employee Email Misuse Puts Patient PHI in Jeopardy in CA, FL

by Jill McKeon

Employee email misuse led to patient protected health information (PHI) being compromised in two recent healthcare data breaches, one in California and the other in Florida. As ransomware attacks...

Business Associate Ransomware Attack Impacts 115K in CA

by Jill McKeon

California health center LifeLong Medical Care began notifying over 115,000 individuals of a business associate ransomware attack that may have exposed protected health information (PHI) and personally...

DuPage Medical Group Faces Lawsuit After Cyberattack Impacts 600K

by Jill McKeon

Illinois-based DuPage Medical Group (DMG) is facing a lawsuit just a few days after it notified over 600,000 patients of a cyberattack that may have compromised protected health information (PHI). The...

Healthcare Ransomware Attack in CA Involves PHI of 57K

by Jill McKeon

San Andreas Regional Center (SARC), a non-profit that provides support and services for those with developmental disabilities, announced that it suffered a ransomware attack that may have exposed the...

Beaumont Health Latest Victim of Accellion Data Breach

by Jill McKeon

Michigan-based Beaumont Health is the latest victim of the Accellion data breach, a December 2020 cyberattack that claimed 100 victims and counting. Millions of patients’ data were compromised...

98K Patients, Employees Impacted by Oklahoma Provider Data Breach

by Jill McKeon

Oklahoma-based CareATC announced that it fell victim to a provider data breach that jeopardized the personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) of over 98,000...

Protected Health Information Exposed in Large Cyberattack in IL

by Jill McKeon

DuPage Medical Group (DMG), the largest independent physician group in Illinois, began notifying patients of a healthcare data breach that may have exposed protected health information...

IL Provider Faces Healthcare Data Breach, 171K Patients Exposed

by Jill McKeon

Metro Infectious Disease Consultants (MIDC) began notifying individuals of a healthcare data breach that may have exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information...

Healthcare Ransomware Attack at Indiana ENT Office Impacts 45K

by Jill McKeon

A healthcare ransomware attack resulted in potential exposure of the personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) of over 48,000 individuals at Indiana-based...

GA Provider Sends Notice of Healthcare Data Breach to 9,800 Patients

by Jill McKeon

Atlanta Allergy & Asthma (AAA) began notifying 9,800 patients of a healthcare data breach that resulted in protected health information (PHI) being removed from the provider’s network in...

Healthcare Phishing Scam Exposes PHI for 12K Patients in UT

by Jill McKeon

Utah-based health system Revere Health announced it was the victim of a healthcare phishing scam on June 21 that exposed the protected health information (PHI) of 12,000 patients at the Heart of Dixie...

More Than 600K Patients Impacted by UNM Health Data Breach

by Jill McKeon

University of New Mexico (UNM) Health announced that it fell victim to a data breach that may have exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI) of over...

Cyberattack on Vegas Medical Center Exposes Staff, Patients’ PHI

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

University Medical Center (UMC) suffered a cyberattack that exposed some staff members’ and patients’ protected health information (PHI.)   The Las...

Wisconsin Governor Signs Insurance Cybersecurity Act into Law

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed a new cybersecurity regulation into law, creating additional measures for insurance companies to protect the personally identifiable...

NY Law Shows Reasonable Cybersecurity Standards For Health Providers

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

The pandemic has brought about an increase in healthcare-related electronic information and an increased need for health information regulations, according to...

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

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

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

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

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 

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

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

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Latest Victim of Elekta’s PHI Data Breach

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial HealthCare is the latest hospital system to fall victim to Elekta’s recent data breach, exposing oncology patients’ protected health information...