Lurie Children's Hospital has agreed to implement improved cybersecurity measures in order to settle a class action lawsuit for a data breach that resulted in patients' health information being viewed by an unauthorized employee, according to a Nov. 7 report…
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.
The recent ransomware attacks targeting Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health that disrupted patient care and EHRs ignited a conversation on how to deal with the rise in ransomware attacks. ProPublica reporters Renee Dudley and Dan Golden argue in a Nov. 6 New…
Below are six hospitals and health systems that posted job listings seeking cybersecurity talent.
The International Committee of the Red Cross is looking to create a digital equivalent of its distinctive red symbol in order to warn off hackers who attempt to break into medical institutions' networks, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 4.
Here are four data breach lawsuits involving health systems as reported by Becker's since Sept. 26.
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Houston-based St. Luke's Health is notifying patients about a third-party data breach at consulting services vendor Adelanto Healthcare Ventures that resulted in the protected health information of 16,906 patients to be compromised.
Hospitals could have to meet minimum cybersecurity standards to participate in the Medicare program, according to a list of potential proposals outlined Nov. 3 by U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.
Businesses in the U.S. paid out about $1.2 billion in ransomware payments in 2021, a new record and triple the amount from 2020, CNBC reported.
OakBend Medical Center is providing more information to patients about a Sept. 1 data breach in which an unauthorized user had encrypted some of the hospital's computers and servers.
Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne reported being largely back online Nov. 1 after a ransomware attack against its parent company, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, disabled its EHR and IT systems in early October.