Data Privacy

Illinois Health Department Data Breaches Impact Over 24K Patients

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

The Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center (LCHD) is notifying individuals about two data breaches.   According to press releases on the two separate...

CA Cyberattack Targets Patient Protected Health Information

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

A cyberattack on a third-party vendor is impacting Community Memorial Health System patients’ protected health information (PHI.)   According to a data breach...

Healthcare Data Breach Costs Surged During Pandemic

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

The cost of a data breach for a healthcare facility spiked during the pandemic, according to a new report.  “The 2021 Cost of a Data Breach...

MassHealth Members Impacted by Health Data Breach

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Standard Modern Company, a third-party vendor that works with MassHealth, announced a recent data breach that is impacting some protected health information (PHI) of...

San Diego Health Data Breach Impacts Patients, Staff, Student PHI  

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

UC San Diego Health announced a data breach that is impacting patients, students, and staff members’ Protected Health Information (PHI.)   On July...

Cyberthief Who Stole PHI Sentenced To Prison

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

A Texas woman was sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison after stealing patients’ protected health information (PHI) and using it to fund a shopping...

Patient Receipts With PHI Stolen, Recovered From Doctor’s Office

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Sierra Nevada Primary Care Physicians (Sierra Care Physicians) of California began notifying patients of a data security incident that involved the theft of office...

Medical Imaging Center Notifies Patients of Health Data Breach

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Express MRI is notifying patients of a health data breach that involved patients’ personal information.  In a press release published on July 26, Express MRI,...

LA Patient Privacy Incident Discloses COVID-19 Vaccine Status 

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

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

Healthcare Cyberattacks, Data Breaches Pressuring Nonprofit Orgs 

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Heathcare facilities and hospitals are facing a rise in cyberattacks, creating increased revenue and expense pressures on not-for-profits (NFP), according to a new report.  Fitch...

Elekta Data Breach Impacting Over 64K McLaren Patients’ PHI

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

McLaren Health Care Corporation is notifying over 64,000 patients about a data breach impacting their protected health information (PHI.)   McLaren, which is Michigan’s...

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

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

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

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

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...

How Can Congress Aid Healthcare Cybersecurity, Fight Ransomware?

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

Healthcare is a prime target of ransomware and needs assistance to face digital thieves, according to several witnesses that testified before Congress this...

Patient Privacy Incident Leads to Accidental PHI Disclosure

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

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  

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

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

by Lisa Gentes-Hunt

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

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...