The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued two advisories concerning medical device vulnerabilities in some Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) products. If exploited, the...
The Houston Health Department suffered a data breach on its COVID-19 test results portal. Approximately 3,500 portal users may have had access to 10,000 COVID-19 test results.
The results included the...
Data exfiltration and improper protected health information (PHI) access were the cause of some recent healthcare data breaches.
As data breaches continue to overwhelm the healthcare sector,...
Seattle-based Sea Mar Community Health Centers (SMCHC) is facing a class-action lawsuit over its handling of a 2021 data breach that impacted 688,000 individuals. The lawsuit alleged that SMCHC was...
While no healthcare organization can eliminate the possibility of facing a data breach, implementing HIPAA technical safeguards can go a long way toward mitigating cyber risk.
Under the HIPAA Security...
One look at the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) data breach portal shows that hospitals, nonprofits, and small community health centers continue to face healthcare data breaches.
Hundreds of thousands...
CaptureRx CEO Chris Hotchkiss said the company would “strongly consider” filing for bankruptcy if a $4.75 million settlement to resolve multiple class-action lawsuits resulting from a 2021...
This week, two Illinois healthcare organizations began notifying patients of separate healthcare data breaches that caused protected health information (PHI) exposure.
South Shore Hospital in Chicago...
US Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Health Data Use and Privacy Commission Act intending to modernize health data privacy laws to reflect the current tech landscape....
Healthcare organizations notified victims of data breaches resulting from cyberattacks, server misconfigurations, and burglaries this week.
As a result, the protected health information (PHI) of many...
West Virginia-based Monongalia Health System (Mon Health), along with its affiliated hospitals Monongalia County General Hospital Company and Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Company announced that...
New York-based Huntington Hospital began notifying 13,000 patients of a data breach that exposed protected health information (PHI) and resulted in a former employee being charged with a HIPAA...
Healthcare data breaches may result in the exposure of protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII), and victims are often advised to remain vigilant against...
Two New Jersey-based printing companies agreed to pay a fine of $130,000 for potentially committing HIPAA violations and New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA) violations through protected health...
Philips disclosed two security vulnerabilities in its TASY EMR HTML5 system in a recent advisory that may allow for patient data exposure. If exploited, unauthorized users could potentially exfiltrate...
On average, nearly 20 percent of files were open to every employee at a given healthcare organization starting on their first day of employment, pointing to troubling data security issues and poor PHI...
Under the watchful eye of a zero trust security model, no device or user is automatically trusted before being vetted by strict authentication processes. Zero trust is not a single technology or tactic, but a set of cyber defenses that...
De-identification of protected health information (PHI) can help researchers glean valuable insights about population health, aid in healthcare policymaking, and bolster other research ventures. Once PHI is de-identified and can no longer...
Physician burnout was a growing problem prior to the pandemic, but other healthcare professionals are reporting significant levels of burnout as well, according to a survey conducted by Spok. Over 50...
Over 64 percent of parents or guardians have accessed their child’s patient portal and viewed outbound messages at least once, showing a need to address adolescent patient privacy and...