UF Health Central Florida brought its EHR system back online June 25 almost one month after the Leesburg-based health system switched to paper documentation after a May 31 cyberattack.
Cybersecurity
In 2021, 56 hospitals and health systems have reported to HHS that they were hit by data breaches.
Cybersecurity job growth has steadily outpaced the supply of qualified talent for years, leaving some cities like San Diego to recruit workers from outside their region to meet their needs, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported June 24.
Columbus-based Ohio State University's state-funded pilot for veterans' mental healthcare experienced a data breach earlier this year before the program prematurely ended June 15, according to local NBC affiliate WCMH.
Savannah, Ga.-based St. Joseph's/Candler has gotten its oncology services back on schedule following a June 17 ransomware attack, but is still working to bring its IT systems back online, according to a June 25 Savannah Morning News report.
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Lewisville, Texas-based Hoya Optical Labs of America is notifying 3,259 patients that their protected health information has been stolen and posted online in a ransomware attack.
Louisville, Ky.-based UofL Health began notifying 42,465 patients of a data breach after it emailed their data to the wrong email address.
Ransomware payments are highly discouraged by the federal government, yet more than a third of healthcare organizations affected by attacks might be discreetly paying the ransom, according to a report by cybersecurity firm Sophos.
Four class-action lawsuits have been filed against San Diego-based Scripps Health after an April 29 malware attack that exposed more than 147,000 patients' health information, according to a June 22 San Diego Union-Tribune report.
Marshalltown, Iowa-based Wolfe Eye Clinic began notifying 500,000 patients that their data was exposed in a ransomware attack on the chain's 40 locations across the state.