Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

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.

Philadelphia-based eResearch Technology, a company that sell software used in clinical trials, was the victim of a ransomware attack, according to The New York Times.

Universal Health Services, a 26-hospital health system based in King of Prussia, Pa., reported that its IT network has been restored as of Oct. 5, eight days after it fell victim to a cyberattack.

Clinical asset management needs to be a key element of a health system's cybersecurity management plan because when left unaddressed connected medical devices can expose a health system to a host of threats. 

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a Telework Essentials Toolkit to help organizations strengthen their cybersecurity measures as they transition to long-term remote work models.

A former IT employee at a New York City-based hospital was sentenced to 30 months in prison for using malicious software programs to hack into numerous co-workers' email accounts, according to an Oct. 2 news release from the Department of…

King of Prussia-based Universal Health Services had recovered all servers at its corporate data center and established connectivity for inpatient facilities as of Oct. 3, according to a statement from the health system.