Cybersecurity

Staff at more 110 nursing homes and acute-care facilities have been unable to access patient records since Nov. 17 after internet security and data storage services provider Virtual Care Provider was hit with a ransomware attack, according to the Milwaukee…

Cape Girardeau, Mo.-based Saint Francis Healthcare System began notifying patients Nov. 20 about a ransomware attack at the system's Ferguson Medical Group.

CI Security, a startup offering healthcare organizations IT solutions and services for cybersecurity purposes, announced Nov. 19 an infusion of funding from the American Hospital Association's Innovation Development Fund.

The head of Google Health, David Feinberg, MD, has responded with more clarity on what the tech giant and St. Louis-based Ascension are doing with Project Nightingale in a Nov. 20 blog post.

Of the 5.7 billion robocalls made in October, around 288 million were proposing health insurance, according to data from call-blocking smartphone app YouMail and cited by The Washington Post.

Mishawaka, Ind.-based Select Health Network is notifying 3,582 patients about a data breach that may have exposed their personal health information.

Effectively caring for patients requires not only having the right information at the right time for each patient, but also having that information presented in a way that is easily read and understood. This is even more true today as…

The Veterans Benefits Administration purposely did not redact names, Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information on third-party individuals in claims records, according to a VA Inspector General report cited by Nextgov.

Google and St. Louis-based Ascension Health have until Dec. 6 to respond to a letter from four Democratic leaders of Congress asking for more information on "Project Nightingale," according to CNBC.

Philips issued a warning Nov. 14 about a vulnerability in its IntelliBridge EC40 and EC80 Hubs, according to a statement from Philips to Becker’s Hospital Review.