Cybersecurity

Lewiston-based Central Maine Medical Center shut down its IT applications after detecting unusual activity within its computer software, the hospital said in a June 2 Facebook post. The hospital’s technicians secured and turned off all IT applications and hardware, including…

Health system cybersecurity leaders told Becker’s they build strong teams by prioritizing diverse backgrounds and skill sets and spreading a security-first mindset across their organizations. Several health system cybersecurity officers were recently named to the C100 list, from executive community…

Kettering (Ohio) Health has restored the core components of its Epic EHR system after a ransomware attack hit the organization May 20. Here are five things to know:

Andover, Mass.-based Covenant Health is investigating a systemwide issue that has disrupted phone and internet connectivity across several of its facilities, including hospitals in Maine and New Hampshire. Here are five things to know: Editor’s note: This article was updated…

Kettering (Ohio) Health has resumed normal operations across all of its emergency departments, lifting a temporary diversion that had limited access to emergency care. The change, according to a May 28 update posted on the health system’s website, means Kettering…

UChicago Medicine Medical Group is notifying patients of a data breach involving a former third-party vendor that may have compromised individuals’ personal information. Here are five things to know:

Six health system cybersecurity leaders have been named to the C100 list for the top chief information security officers. The board of CISOs Connect, a membership-based interactive community of executives, selected the top 100 from hundreds of nominations based on…

Kettering (Ohio) Health has confirmed that a ransomware attack is behind the IT outage that has disrupted the health system over the past week. Here are six things to know: 1. The 14-hospital system believes the cyberattack involves ransomware, John…

Kettering (Ohio) Health is continuing to address an IT disruption that has affected most of its systems. In a May 23 statement on the health system’s website, CEO Mike Gentry said Kettering Health experienced an “unscheduled downtime” May 19. “Our…

Healthcare data breaches remain steady as ever. Data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals were up in April after a 12-month high in January, according to HHS data analyzed by HIPAA Journal. Here are the number of those incidents that…