Cybersecurity

Kaiser Permanente's computer system experienced five hours of downtime on June 14, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

Cano Health, a Miami-based population health management company and primary care medical centers operator, notified patients on June 12 of unauthorized employee email account access that may have occurred between May 2018 and April 2020. 

In the last 24 hours, two high-profile individuals have questioned how news organizations gained information about their COVID-19 test results and raised questions about a potential HIPAA violation.

Albuquerque, N.M.-based Presbyterian Healthcare is notifying 183,000 patients that their private information was breached in a second email hack last year, according to local TV news website KRQE.

Rangely (Colo.) District Hospital on June 8 began notifying patients of a ransomware attack on its computer systems April 9 that resulted in the loss of access to several years of patients' medical records. 

The Office for Civil Rights at HHS issued guidance stating healthcare providers can contact former COVID-19 patients with information about plasma and blood donations on June 12.

In the past 12 months, there were 393 protected health information breach incidents reported to HHS.

MU Health Care in Columbia, Mo., is notifying patients of a data breach that occurred in September 2019.

Philips reported its IntelliBridge Enterprise system has a potential low-severity vulnerability and issued an advisory for the system.

Yale New Haven (Conn.) Health reported a data breach incident to HHS on June 5.