Cybersecurity

Morrison (Ill.) Community Hospital has agreed to a $675,000 settlement over a 2023 cyberattack.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger is back online after a network outage Jan. 22.

Healthcare is the third-most-targeted industry by ransomware groups, a Jan. 22 report from Black Kite Research, a third-party cyber risk intelligence company, found. 

A data breach at IntraSystems, a computer consulting firm, has compromised the personal information of 293,900 home care patients affiliated with Pittsburgh-based Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Jan. 21.

Moscow, Idaho-based Gritman Medical Center is warning patients that fraudsters are calling pretending to be hospital employees.

Healthcare organizations are under increasing pressure from cyberattacks, with 84% of healthcare IT and security professionals reporting at least one incident in the past year, according to a Jan. 21 survey by cybersecurity firm Netwrix.

As AI continues to reshape industries worldwide, Kristin Myers, executive vice president and chief digital officer of New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health, sees immense potential for AI to transform healthcare cybersecurity — though not without its challenges.

The cost of the Change Healthcare cyberattack continues to mount for parent company UnitedHealth Group.

A former emergency room resident physician has been sentenced to one month in prison for unlawfully accessing protected health information and sharing an explicit photo of a patient, KCRG reported Jan. 16. 

Hollywood, Fla.-based Memorial Healthcare System will pay $60,000 to resolve allegations of violating the HIPAA Privacy Rule by failing to provide a patient with timely access to their medical records.