Cybersecurity

Dozens of healthcare providers and health plans were affected by a data breach involving printing and mailing vendor OneTouchPoint.

The median ransomware payment in the second quarter of 2022 was $36,360, a 51 percent decrease from the first quarter, according to a report released July 28 by ransomware remediation firm Coveware.

Albuquerque, N.M.-based First Choice Community Healthcare notified patients Aug. 1 that a March data breach compromised the protected health information of patients.

Healthcare ransomware attacks jumped 328 percent in the second quarter of this year, despite a drop in the attacks globally, according to the 2022 midyear update of the "SonicWall Cyber Threat Report."

Allegheny Health Network notified patients July 29 about a May phishing attack that compromised the protected health information of 8,000 patients. 

Boise, Idaho-based St. Luke's Health System notified patients of a May data breach at its billing services vendor that compromised the protected health information of 31,573 patients, Boise Dev reported July 27. 

Several health systems have faced lawsuits regarding data breach incidents. 

The average cost of a data breach for a healthcare organization is $10.1 million, according to IBM's annual cost of data breach report. 

Amazon Web Services Marketplace will now offer cloud-based disaster recovery service OpSus Recover in its digital catalog. 

Patients want providers to give them the option to opt-out or into data sharing, according to a patient survey from the American Medical Association.