Cybersecurity

Central Florida Inpatient Medicine is notifying patients of an email data breach after a cybersecurity incident that affected 19,625 people.

A data breach at MCG Health, a clinical guidance software vendor, has exposed the protected health information of patients at Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health and Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health. 

Public-facing video services such as TikTok, Facebook Live and Twitch are not compliant with federal privacy regulations for use in telemedicine appointments, HHS said in a guidance.

Burlington, Vt.-based UVM Medical Center worked with Epic and its clinical and IT teams to get its health system up and running after a ransomware attack took down its IT network and applications in October, JDSupra reported June 13. 

Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health notified patients of a data breach that occured at its clinical guidance vendor, which has potentially exposed the protected health information of patients. 

Kaiser Permanente is notifying 69,589 patients of a data breach that occurred when someone accessed an employee's emails.

Cybersecurity experts say that the two biggest threats to healthcare cybersecurity are insider threats and ransomware. 

Yuma (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center notified patients about a ransomware attack that forced the hospital offline and potentially exposed the protected health information of patients. 

Thinking of cybersecurity as an "attack" or "war" may not be very productive for organizations, and instead thinking about cybersecurity through the lens of health may be more beneficial, The Wall Street Journal reported June 7. 

Ransomware attacks are on the rise, giving cybersecurity companies ample opportunity for revenue growth, yet many organizations are laying off workers to cut costs, CNBC reported June 10.