Logan Health Medical Center located in Kalispell, MT has lately begun sending notifications to some patients that hackers obtained access to a file server that stored patient data in a highly advanced criminal attack. The […]
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released the NIST guidance final version on Securing Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem (SP 1800-30). Healthcare delivery companies have been using more telehealth and remote patient monitoring […]
Sea Mar Community Health Centers located in Seattle, WA is confronted with a class-action lawsuit because of a cyberattack that led to the exposure of the protected health information (PHI) of 688,000 persons. The breach […]
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York has suggested the dismissal of a class action data breach suit against Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions regarding a ransomware attack in 2020. Medical management […]
Healthcare privacy regulations in the United States must be updated to bring them into the current age to make sure individually identifiable health information is secured regardless of how it is gathered and shared. The […]
Morley Companies based in Saignaw, MI has lately reported that it encountered a cyberattack that began on August 1, 2021, resulting in the inability to access data from its data systems. The business services provider […]
CaptureRx has offered to pay $4.75 million to resolve claims associated with a 2021 data breach that impacted roughly 2.4 million patients of its healthcare company customers. CaptureRx is a medical care administrative service company […]
Cross Timbers Health Clinics located in Brownwood, Texas, doing business with the brand AccelHealth, encountered a ransomware attack last December 15, 2021, which kept the Federally Qualified Health Center from obtaining access to a number […]
The Rhode Island Attorney General is conducting an investigation involving the Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) and UnitedHealthcare because of a cyberattack and security breach that allowed hackers to access RIPTA’s system that held […]
The HHS’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has published a report giving information about the Conti ransomware attack on the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland last May 2021, as well as guidance for […]
Suncoast Skin Solutions, a network composed of 22 surgical, medical, and cosmetic dermatological care clinics based in Florida, recently began sending notifications to 57,730 patients regarding a ransomware attack it discovered on July 14, 2021. […]
Ransomware gangs are increasingly taking advantage of unpatched vulnerabilities in software applications and operating systems to acquire access to company networks, and they are adopting zero-day vulnerabilities quickly. Unpatched vulnerabilities are currently the major attack […]
In September 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) released a notification warning the health industry concerning a higher threat associated with BlackMatter ransomware attacks. A couple of […]
It is crucial for nursing students to be familiar with the HIPAA guidelines since nursing students perform a role in providing healthcare. When nursing students do not have enough training in HIPAA compliance, the privacy […]
The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires the sending of data breach notification to the Secretary of the HHS “without unnecessary delay” and not later than 60 days after the discovery date of a data breach. […]
Advocates Inc based in Massachusetts., a nonprofit provider of support services for persons suffering from life challenges like autism, addiction, brain injury, intellectual disabilities, mental health, and behavioral health, has announced it recently encountered a […]
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