The National Security Agency granted the University of Louisville (Ky.) $6 million to develop a healthcare cybersecurity online certificate program, according to an Oct. 9 news release.
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A ransomware attack can cause an upheaval to hospital operations, from forcing systems to revert to paper records, temporarily suspend services and even, in some cases, permanently close their doors.
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a 2014 data breach that affected about 6.1 million patients, according to an Oct. 8 Iowa justice department news release.
AdventHealth Orlando (Fla.) reported a data security incident related to the exposure of paper records or film.
The Office for Civil Rights issued its eighth settlement Oct. 7 for its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative.
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During the third quarter of 2020, ransomware attempts increased 50 percent compared to the first half of the year, according to a Check Point study featured in USA Today.
A former Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic employee inappropriately accessed patient health records, according to the Star Tribune.
A Mississippi-based ambulance company reported a ransomware attack that potentially breached patient information.
Watertown, N.Y.-based Samaritan Medical Center was hit with a malware attack in July and has spent the past two-plus months restoring its systems.
The different subcultures of physicians, nurses and support staff will influence whether employees violate information security policies, including locking the EHR workstation, according to Binghamton (N.Y.) University researchers.