Cybersecurity

Around one-third of hospital executives have purchased cybersecurity tools blindly after experiencing a data breach, according to a Black Book Market Research report published Nov. 4.

A limited number of patients within Washington University School of Medicine's ophthalmology and visual sciences department may have had their information viewed by an unauthorized person.

New York City-based Brooklyn Hospital Center is notifying an undisclosed number of patients about a cybersecurity incident that may have exposed their information.

Provo-based Utah Valley Eye Center confirmed that the demographic information of more than 20,000 patients may have been exposed in a cybersecurity incident last year, according to the Daily Herald.

Numerous privacy incidents at hospitals, IT suppliers and other healthcare organizations captured public attention last month.

The Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services is investigating an October data breach that may have affected 1,442 people, according to local CBS affiliate WTVR.

A federal court granted approval Oct. 25 to Quest Diagnostics to settle a class-action lawsuit that stemmed from a 2016 data breach for $195,000, according to GovInfoSecurity.com.

Approximately 19,000 patients and 3,000 volunteers may have been affected in a data breach at six Prisma Health-Midlands hospitals, according to The State.

The Seattle Cancer Care Alliance began notifying nearly 1,000 patients Oct. 16 that their information may have been exposed due to an email error.

Employees at St. Louis-based Betty Jean Kerr People's Health Centers have been unable to access computer networks after a ransomware attack in September.