San Ramon, Calif.-based Castro Valley Health, a home health care services provider, inadvertently sent patient information to a third party website, where it was published in a "heavily coded" manner.
Cybersecurity
The Commonwealth of Kentucky Personnel Cabinet on June 2 announced that its state health plan suffered two cyberattacks in April and May, exposing the health information of 971 members and resulting in fraudulent gift card redemption of more than $107,000,…
Mayo Clinic in the last two years has partnered with 16 tech companies, providing access to de-identified patient data for medical innovation and digital commercialization, according to STAT.
Atlanta-based pediatric health system Aveanna Healthcare is facing a lawsuit related to a 2019 data breach that affected 166,000-plus patients, according to Gov Info Security.
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States has reported an employee inappropriately accessed members' radiology records from 2012 to 2020.
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Mishawaka, Ind.-based Saint Joseph Health System disclosed to patients last week that in April it discovered some of the patient and employee records it paid to have securely stored or destroyed were improperly dumped in an unsecure location in South…
The increased sharing of patient data as hospitals and health systems research COVID-19 and seek new revenue streams as businesses seek "mining rights" to that data has raised patient privacy concerns.
Google's Threat Analysis Group reported hundreds of targeted or government-backed groups are launching cyberattacks, with some focused on healthcare organizations.
The National Institutes of Health issued a request for information to companies that can provide recommendations on developing a smartphone app that can both collect COVID-19 information and keep users' data confidential and secure.
Palmer, Alaska-based Mat-Su Surgical Associates reported a ransomware attack that affected thousands of patients' information.