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Month: October 2021

Study Shows Healthcare Workers Get Unnecessary Access to Massive Amounts of PHI

October 28, 2021 Site Editor

A new study has shown prevalent security problems at healthcare companies, which include bad access controls, few limitations on access to protected health information (PHI), and bad password practices, which put sensitive information in danger. […]

HIPAA and Privacy Act Training

October 27, 2021 Site Editor

When a federal agency gives healthcare services, there may be situations in which workers must go through both HIPAA and Privacy Act training. Furthermore, as a growing number of states enact their own privacy regulations, […]

PHI of Specialty Surgery Center of Central New York and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital Patients Possibly Compromised

October 26, 2021 Site Editor

Syracuse ASC, doing business as Specialty Surgery Center of Central New York, has begun informing 24,891 patients regarding unauthorized individuals who got access to its computer network and potentially viewed some of their protected health […]

Vulnerabilities Discovered in B. Braun Infusomat Space and Perfusor Space Infusion Pumps

October 25, 2021 Site Editor

B. Braun has introduced software updates to resolve five vulnerabilities identified in Infusomat Space and Perfusor Space Infusion Pumps. An attacker with low-level skill can exploit the vulnerabilities remotely. In North America, the vulnerabilities have […]

Johnson Memorial Health’s Network Attacked by Ransomware

October 22, 2021 Site Editor

Johnson Memorial Health has submitted a report concerning a ransomware attack that occurred on October 1, 2021, which resulted in files encryption of files that affected its IT systems. Emergency procedures were easily followed and […]

Healthcare Data Breach Report for September 2021

October 21, 2021 Site Editor

In September, there was a 23.7% more month-over-month reported cases of healthcare data breaches. The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights received 47 data breach reports involving 500 and up records. […]

University Hospital Newark Informs 9,000 Persons Concerning Historic Insider Data Breach

October 20, 2021 Site Editor

University Hospital Newark (NY) has found out that an ex-worker had accessed the protected health information(PHI) of many patients with no permission over the span of one year. That information was then shared with other […]

Phishing Attack on Business Associate Impacts Almost 126,000 Professional Dental Alliance Patients

October 19, 2021 Site Editor

Professional Dental Alliance, an organization of dental practices associated with the North American Dental Group, informed its patients that an unauthorized person accessed some of their protected health information (PHI) kept in email accounts from […]

American Osteopathic Association Reports June 2020 Data Theft

October 18, 2021 Site Editor

Around 27,500 people are being advised regarding the theft of some of their personal data when the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) encountered a cyberattack. AOA is a professional organization based in Chicago that represents approximately […]

What You Need to Know About Password Managers for MSPs

October 15, 2021 Site Editor

Password managers for MSPs are used for securing the credentials of a business or client. Passwords are stored in a secure user vault. Every time a user goes to a website for which he/she has […]

Premier Patient Health Care and Oregon Eye Specialists Reports Data Breach

October 14, 2021 Site Editor

Premier Patient Health Care based in Carrollton, TX has found out that an unauthorized individual had obtained the protected health information (PHI) of 37,636 patients in an insider data breach incident. Premier Patient Health Care […]

350,000 ReproSource Fertility Diagnostics Patients Impacted by Ransomware Attack

October 13, 2021 Site Editor

ReproSource Fertility Diagnostics based in Malborough, MA has encountered a ransomware attack that allowed hackers to get access to networks holding the protected health information (PHI) of roughly 350,000 patients. ReproSource is a top reproductive […]

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Elekta Due to Ransomware Attack and Data Breach

October 11, 2021 Site Editor

A previous patient of Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (NMHC) filed a lawsuit against Elekta Inc. regarding its ransomware attack and security breach last April 2021. Many U.S. healthcare providers are business associates with Elekta, a Swedish […]

Theft of Eskenazi Health Patient Data in August Ransomware Attack

October 8, 2021 Site Editor

Eskenazi Health based in Indianapolis, IN reported a ransomware attack that was discovered on or approximately August 4, 2021. The IT team noticed suspicious activity and promptly de-activated systems to control the attack. Emergency procedures […]

San Diego Health Faces Class Action Lawsuits Over Phishing Attack

October 7, 2021 Site Editor

Californian healthcare provider San Diego Health is facing multiple class-action lawsuits over a data breach impacting the protected health information (PHI) of 496,949 patients. San Diego Health discovered suspicious activity in the email accounts of […]

Survey Shows 24% of Healthcare Workers Did Not Have Any Security Awareness Training

October 6, 2021 Site Editor

Entities governed by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) have to give their employees security awareness training, however, a new report indicates that training is missing at a lot of HIPAA-governed entities. KnowBe4, […]

KLAS Research Reports the Contribution of Clinical Communication Platforms in Enhancing Efficiency in Healthcare

October 5, 2021 Site Editor

KLAS just released its 2021 Clinical Communication Platform Report, which pointed out the contribution of clinical communication platforms in boosting efficiency in healthcare, improved communication throughout many areas of hospitals, and the resulting tangible outcomes, […]

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