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5 Healthcare Compaines Involved in Impermissible Disclosure of PHI

March 23, 2023 Site Editor

3,100 Patients Records Impermissibly Viewed by Beacon Health System Employee Beacon Health System (BHS) based in South Bend, IN reported that an employee accessed the health records of 3,117 patients without valid work reason. BHS […]

Seal of Compliance Awarded to Rehmann, SendQuick and EDBS Dental Billing Solutions

March 16, 2023 Site Editor

Rehmann is Certified as HIPAA Compliant The fully integrated professional advisory and resource management company, Rehmann based in Troy, MI, was lately certified as fully compliant with the federal requirements of the HITECH Act and […]

HHS Organization Restructuring and Study on Effectivity of Email Warning to Deter Insider Breach

March 10, 2023 Site Editor

HHS Restructuring Needed to Increase Efficiency of HIPAA Enforcement The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has restructured its Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and has established new divisions that are going to […]

January 2023 Healthcare Data Breach Report

March 2, 2023 Site Editor

January is often a quiet month for healthcare data breaches and January 2023 was no different. There were 40 data breaches involving 500 and up records reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights. The […]

Cyber Attacks Reported by Rise Interactive Media & Analytics, Reventics, DotHouse Health, and CommonSpirit Health

February 22, 2023 Site Editor

Digital marketing agency, Rise Interactive Media & Analytics, LLC, based in Illinois recently reported that attackers acquired access to its digital platform on November 14, 2022, and possibly viewed or extracted the information of a […]

Lawsuits Filed Against GoodRx and Connexin Software

February 16, 2023 Site Editor

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently reported the first-ever financial penalty for an FTC Health Breach Notification Rule violation. Allegedly, GoodRx failed to send notification letters to its clients who had their PHI shared with […]

OSHA Explores More Aggressive Position on OSH Act Noncompliance and Banner Health’s HIPAA Violation Settlement

February 8, 2023 Site Editor

At the end of January, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued new enforcement guidance that lets the agency take a more aggressive position on critical violations of the Occupational […]

Settling of Two Data Breach Lawsuits and Update on Christ Hospital Website Lawsuit

February 2, 2023 Site Editor

San Andreas Regional Center Offers to Settle 2021 Ransomware Attack Lawsuit San Andreas Regional Center has decided to resolve a class action lawsuit associated with a July 2021 ransomware attack whereby hackers acquired access to […]

Healthcare Sector Attacked Most Commonly With Downloaders and Ransomware

January 27, 2023 Site Editor

Blackberry has lately released its Global Threat Intelligence Report, which gives useful and contextualized intelligence that may be employed to enhance cyber strength. The report used information gathered by Blackberry and threat intelligence furnished by […]

CommonSpirit Health’s Second Class Action Lawsuit Due to its 2022 Ransomware Attack

January 27, 2023 Site Editor

CommonSpirit Health is facing one more lawsuit because of a ransomware attack and data security breach in 2022 that states the nation’s biggest catholic health system did not use acceptable and proper safety measures to […]

PHI of Patients Exposed at BayCare Clinic, Rhode Island Department of Health, and Satellite Healthcare Data Breaches

January 26, 2023 Site Editor

BayCare Clinic Reported Data Breach Related to Pixel The healthcare provider BayCare Clinic, LLP based in Wisconsin lately reported that the protected health information (PHI) of around 134,000 patients was impermissibly disclosed to unauthorized third […]

AI Tools like ChatGPT Are Being Used for Malware Development

January 25, 2023 Site Editor

Using AI in healthcare has a lot of advantages, such as the acceleration of drug creation and the analysis of medical images. However, the same AI systems that help healthcare can likewise be employed for […]

ADEC Innovations Healthcare, Inc. Receives HIPAA Seal of Compliance

January 24, 2023 Site Editor

ADEC Innovations Healthcare was just certified as fully compliant with all pertinent terms of the HIPAA Security, Privacy, Omnibus, and Breach Notification Rules, and the HITECH Act. As a service provider to the healthcare sector, […]

Mayo Clinic Resolves Lawsuit Alleging Ex-Employee Accessed Nude Patient Pictures

January 20, 2023 Site Editor

Mayo Clinic has resolved one more lawsuit that resulted from a data breach that involve a previous employee, who was found to have viewed the data of patients with no permission, which includes nude pictures. […]

Ransomware Seems to be Declining But Stay on Guard

January 19, 2023 Site Editor

Although it is hard to get exact information on the number of ransomware attacks being done on healthcare companies, the available information indicates a drop in attacks throughout all industries when compared to the number […]

December 2022 Healthcare Data Breach Report

January 18, 2023 Site Editor

There are fewer reported healthcare data breaches for two consecutive months. December 2022 had 40 data breaches involving 500 and up healthcare records, which is the lowest monthly number in 2022. The reported healthcare data […]

Study Reveals Healthcare Ransomware Attack Statistics

January 13, 2023 Site Editor

Healthcare ransomware attacks have increased twofold in the past 5 years, file recovery from backups has dropped, and it is now usual for information to be stolen and released to the public right after a […]

Shields Health Care Group Faces Consolidated Class Action Lawsuit Over 1.9 Million-Record Data Breach

January 12, 2023 Site Editor

Several lawsuits were filed against Shields Health Care Group in Massachusetts in relation to one of the biggest healthcare data breaches in 2022, where nearly 2 million people were affected. The lawsuits were combined into […]

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against CommonSpirit Health Because of Ransomware Attack and Data Breach

January 11, 2023 Site Editor

The health system CommonSpirit Health based in Chicago, IL is dealing with a class action lawsuit due to a ransomware attack in October 2022. Malicious actors accessed its IT network on September 16, 2022, and […]

Meta to Pay 390 Million Euro for GDPR Violations

January 10, 2023 Site Editor

The practices of acquiring permission from users of Facebook and Instagram to utilize their personal information for marketing purposes have been subject to a lengthy investigation. Finally, Meta has been penalized €390 million or $414 […]

Heartland Alliance and CentraState Medical Center Encounter Cyberattack

January 7, 2023 Site Editor

Heartland Alliance located in Chicago, IL, a social justice and human rights organization, announced on December 15, 2022, that it experienced a cyberattack. The organization discovered the security breach on January 26, 2022, and took […]

112,000 Patients Impacted by Fitzgibbon Hospital Ransomware Attack

January 6, 2023 Site Editor

In June 2022, it was reported that Fitzgibbon Hospital based in Marshall, MO suffered a ransomware attack, which the DAIXIN Team threat group claimed responsibility for. According to the group’s spokesperson, the hospital’s systems were […]

290 Hospitals Possibly Encountered Ransomware Attacks in 2022

January 5, 2023 Site Editor

Many ransomware attacks are still carried out on healthcare companies, however, finding out the magnitude to which healthcare providers are being attacked by ransomware groups is a difficult task. Ransomware attack victims do not usually […]

Fertility Centers of Illinois Offers To Pay $450,000 to Settle Data Breach Lawsuit

January 4, 2023 Site Editor

Fertility Centers of Illinois has offered to pay $450,000 to settle a lawsuit submitted on behalf of patients and staff members who were impacted by its data breach in February 2021. On February 1, 2021, […]

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