The University of Miami Health system is integrating the Powered by Clear identity verification platform into its network.
Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems
Healthcare cybersecurity news covering breaches, ransomware and the hospital cyberattacks that shut down clinical operations. Becker's tracks how health systems detect, respond and spend to prevent the next one.
Healthcare organizations are at a disadvantage when it comes to protecting themselves from hackers as only 6 percent of their IT budgets are dedicated to cybersecurity, BankInfoSecurity reported April 14.
A lawsuit claims that Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health improperly disclosed patients' protected health information to Facebook and Google, TribLive reported April 12.
A lawsuit alleges that Clearfield County, Pa.-based Mount Nittany Health used pixels on its website that sent some patients' protected health information to Facebook and Google, Centre Daily Times reported April 13.
The protected health information of patients at four Stanford hospitals was compromised because of a data breach that affected the hospital's behavioral and mental health service provider Brightline.
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A court filing from Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network says Russian ransomware gang BlackCat posted 2,800 pictures of breast cancer patients undressed from the waist up, WFMZ reported April 12.
With all the buzz around artificial intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, Becker's reached out to CIOs and chief information security officers to understand how these tools will impact healthcare cybersecurity.
Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System is notifying 15,246 patients that some of their personal health information may have been compromised due to a technical error that caused letters to be mailed to incorrect addresses.
Rushville, Ill.-based Culbertson Memorial Hospital has fully restored its IT systems after a cyberattack forced the hospital to go offline, The Record reported April 11.
Hospitals and health systems are falling behind in implementing better cybersecurity measures and will need to increase their investments in cybersecurity to better defend against attacks, an April 11 Moody's report found.