UW Medicine notified patients that a laptop containing patient protected health information was stolen from its Seattle, Wash.-based UWMC-Northwest Neurology Clinic in April.
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Birmingham, Ala.-based Grandview Medical Center notified patients that the hospital's emergency department activity logs were taken in an April data breach, which may have exposed their protected health information.
A growing number of hospitals and health systems, including Avera and Newman Regional, have been affected by a March 25 data breach on clinical guidance software vendor MCG Health.
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health notified patients that an April phishing attack on its home health service may have exposed their protected health information.
Several health systems have reported data breach incidents that have compromised patient data and IT systems during June.
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Cyberattacks on healthcare entities boomed during the pandemic, and health systems are now turning to the federal government to provide more security for what they consider critical national infrastructure, Politico reported June 22.
Kinston, N.C.-based UNC Lenoir Health Care notified patients of a data breach that occured at its clinical guidance software vendor, which has exposed the protected health information of patients at its health system, Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health and Sioux Falls,…
The HHS Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center published a guidance June 16 to help healthcare organizations improve their overall strength, protocols and prevention abilities for cyberattacks.
Texas Tech University Health Science Center notified patients of a data breach that occured at its eye care software vendor, which has potentially exposed the protected health information of more than 1.2 million patients, NewsChannel 10 reported June 10.
Radiology files with protected health information created for research at Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital were accidentally posted to the hospital's public website for four months, the hospital revealed June 17.