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Month: June 2018

Hospital Pager Messages Intercepted Resulting in PHI Breach

June 29, 2018 Site Editor

Outdated pager systems are already replaced by secure messaging systems in lots of healthcare companies. Any healthcare provider that may be still utilizing the pager system should be aware of the security breach that recently […]

Employees Suspended for Snooping on Patient Health Records

June 28, 2018 Site Editor

Washington Health System resolved to suspend some employees after finding out about their supposed inappropriate access of patient health information. Even though there’s no confirmation regarding the number of employees that were suspended from their […]

Mobile Technology Greatly Improves Patient Services in Hospitals According to Survey

June 21, 2018 Site Editor

Black Book Research surveyed how much hospitals and physicians use mobile technology. The results revealed that 90% of the hospitals and 94% of physician that participated in the survey have utilized mobile technology and feel […]

1,600 Patients’ PHI Exposed in Terros Health Phishing Scam

June 18, 2018 Site Editor

A personnel in Terros Health in Phoenix was victimized by a phishing scam and by mistake exposed his login information. The attacker gained access to the victim’s email account who likely viewed the protected health […]

Ex-Employees of Hair Free Forever and Muir Medical Group Violate HIPAA Privacy Rule

June 13, 2018 Site Editor

The former employees of Hair Free Forever and Muir Medical Group stole the protected health information (PHI) of patients and gave it to other employers. The patients were informed by the covered organizations concerning the […]

OCR Received Multiple Data Breach Reports by Dignity Health

June 11, 2018 Site Editor

Dignity Health submitted multiple data breach reports and HIPAA violations to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The reports included an unauthorized access to the PHI of patients, access […]

Patient Complaints on Obtaining Copies of Their Health Records

June 8, 2018 Site Editor

In the latest Government Accountability Office (GAO) audit as mandated by the 21st Century Cures Act, the data revealed that patients find it hard to obtain copies of their medical information mainly because of high […]

Security Breaches Discovered by Purdue University Potentially Affected 1,711 Patients

June 5, 2018 Site Editor

In April, Purdue University’s security group identified two security breaches which likely granted unauthorized people access to the protected health information (PHI) of patients. A data file on Purdue Univesity Pharmacy’s computers suggests that an […]

April 2018 Healthcare Data Breach Report

June 1, 2018 Site Editor

April was a terrible month as the healthcare sector suffered from an increased number of data breaches and the persons impacted compared to March. The Department of Health and Human Services acquired 41 submissions of […]

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