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Month: March 2020

Hackers Target WHO and HHS to Steal Login Credentials

March 31, 2020 Site Editor

A sophisticated group of hackers targeted the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners attempting to steal login credentials to get access to its network by impersonating WHO’s internal email system. Several WHO staffers received […]

American HomePatient Agreed to Pay $1 Million to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit

March 30, 2020 Site Editor

American HomePatient’s proposal to settle for $1 million a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the 2017 data breach victims has gotten initial approval. The data breach which led to the filing of the lawsuit […]

Historical Data About COVID-19

March 27, 2020 Site Editor

The 2019 Novel Coronavirus was referred to by researchers as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 or SARS-CoV-2. It is the virus behind the Coronavirus Disease 2019 or COVID-19. In November, researchers first discovered the […]

February 2020 Healthcare Data Breach Report

March 26, 2020 Site Editor

In February,, 39 healthcare data breaches involving at least 500 records were reported representing a 21.9% increase from January. The breached 1,531,855 healthcare records represent a 231% increase from January. February had more breached records […]

OCR Releases Guidance on Telehealth and HIPAA During the Coronavirus Pandemic

March 25, 2020 Site Editor

After the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights announcement that HIPAA compliance enforcement has been relaxed in relation to the good faith provision of telehealth services all through the COVID-19 national public health emergency, OCR released […]

Cybersecurity Companies Give Free Support to Healthcare Providers During the Coronavirus Pandemic

March 24, 2020 Site Editor

There were a number of reported incidents of cyberattacks on healthcare companies that are presently working 24 / 7 to make sure patients with COVID-19 get the healthcare they need to have. These attacks result […]

Breaches at Texas Network of Walk-in Clinics, Randleman Eye Center and California Dental Practice

March 23, 2020 Site Editor

Maze Ransomware Attack at Texas Network of Walk-in Clinics A Maze ransomware gang attacked AffordaCare Urgent Care Clinic, which is a network of walk-in clinics throughout Texas. A recent DataBreaches.net report stated that the hackers […]

Broadened Telehealth Services and Relaxed HIPAA Enforcement During the Coronavirus Public Health Crisis

March 20, 2020 Site Editor

In trying to stop the passing on of the 2019 novel coronavirus, patients believed of having exposure to the virus and people having signs of COVID-19 were advised to self-isolate at home. It is vital […]

Law Company Files Class Action Lawsuit For Overcharging for Copy of Patient’s Medical Data

March 19, 2020 Site Editor

A law company is filing a lawsuit against Medical Records Online (MRO), a healthcare release-of-information solution provider, for charging too much on law companies and insurance companies when furnishing electronic copies of patients’ health records. […]

Summary of HIPAA Compliance In Relation to the COVID-19 Coronavirus

March 18, 2020 Site Editor

For sure HIPAA covered entities, which include healthcare companies, healthcare clearinghouses, health plans, and business associates of covered entities, have plenty of queries about HIPAA compliance and the COVID-19 coronavirus cases. There may well be […]

Cyberattack on the Department of Health and Human Services

March 17, 2020 Site Editor

Cybercriminals are targeting the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in an attempt to overload its website with hundreds of thousands of hits. As per the statement of HHS spokesperson, Caitlin B. Oakley, […]

TigerConnect Offers Hospitals the Free Use of its Secure Communications Platform During the COVID-19 Pandemic

March 16, 2020 Site Editor

TigerConnect is the provider of the most popular secure healthcare communications platform in the USA. It declared its support for COVID-19 related communications during the coronavirus pandemic by allowing U.S. health systems and hospitals to […]

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital Employees Terminated for Medical Records Snooping and Ozark Orthopaedics Encounters Email Account Breach

March 14, 2020 Site Editor

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita, CA has dismissed a number of its employees because of snooping on the Saugus High School shooter’s health records. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) […]

90% of Healthcare Companies Have Encountered an Email-Based Attack in the Past Year

March 13, 2020 Site Editor

HIMSS Media on behalf of Mimecast recently published a study which revealed that for the past 12 month period, 90% of healthcare organizations have encountered a minimum of one email-based threat. While 72% have suffered […]

Compliancy Group Confirms the HIPAA Compliance of SAR Technology Group

March 12, 2020 Site Editor

SAR Technology Group has achieved HIPAA compliance following its completion of the proprietary 6-Stage HIPAA Risk Analysis and remediation process of Compliancy Group. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act regulatory requirements ensure the integrity, […]

PHI Potentially Compromised Due to Breaches at 3 Healthcare Organizations

March 11, 2020 Site Editor

Privacy Breach at Harris Health System Harris Health System based in Houston, TX has informed 2,298 patients about the potential exposure of some of their protected health information (PHI). On December 30, 2019, two envelopes […]

HIMSS20 Cancelled Because of Fear of COVID-19

March 10, 2020 Site Editor

The 2020 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference (HIMSS 20) was cancelled because of the persistent spread of COVID-19. Over 40,000 people and 1,300 exhibitors were supposed to go to the conference that was […]

‘SweynTooth’ Vulnerabilities Found in Bluetooth Low Energy Chips Impact Several Medical Devices

March 5, 2020 Site Editor

The Singapore University of Technology and Design researchers identified a group of 12 vulnerabilities referred to as SweynTooth in the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) software development kits that came from around 7 suppliers of software-on-a-chip […]

Error in Walgreens Mobile App Secure Messaging Feature Exposed PHI

March 5, 2020 Site Editor

Walgreens started notifying customers regarding the potential access of some of their protected health information (PHI) by other people because of an error in the Walgreens mobile app particularly its personal secure messaging feature. The […]

National Institutes of Health IT Problems Put EHR Data at Stake

March 4, 2020 Site Editor

The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The results revealed that technology control flaws in the NIH electronic medical records […]

Solving the HIPAA Problem: Compliancy Group’s Demonstration of a Simplified HIPAA Compliance Process

March 3, 2020 Site Editor

It can be a challenging task to satisfy all of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security, Privacy, Omnibus, and Breach Notification Rules requirements. A lot of healthcare providers have established a compliance […]

Connectria Launched Its Carbon Neutral Green Cloud

March 2, 2020 Site Editor

Connectria has unveiled the release of a carbon-neutral ‘green cloud’ in its North America and European Union data centers. The brand-new green cloud is being offered to businesses using IBM i and VMware systems. Connectria […]

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