Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

As the healthcare industry continues to see spikes in data breaches, password security plays a large role in the fight to curb it.

There are 586,869 patients confirmed to be affected by a data breach at Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, according to HHS' data breach portal.

Counterfeit and stolen vaccine cards have been popping up on online retailer sites like Etsy, Facebook and eBay, according to an April 8 article published by The New York Times.

Total Health Care began notifying 221,454 health plan members and physicians of a hacking incident on its employee email accounts.

Health systems have been increasingly adopting digital systems and tools in the past decade, and the pandemic has greatly expedited this trend. However, health systems aren't always prepared to address the cybersecurity risks these technologies can pose.

At least seven healthcare organizations have confirmed they were affected in the nationwide data breach of file transfer vendor Accellion. 

In the last two years, 16 organizations reported to HHS that 118,470 individuals were affected by data breaches where laptops or other portable devices were stolen.

Health Net began notifying 1,236,902 members that their data was breached in a nationwide cyberattack.

Charleston, S.C.-based Roper St. Francis Healthcare is accused in a lawsuit of "negligent acts and omissions" that led to a data breach last year compromising patients' financial and medical information, local NBC affiliate WCBD reports.

Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health is notifying patients that their protected health information was recently accessed and downloaded by an unauthorized user, according to an April 5 news release.