Cybersecurity

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.  

Solara Medical Supplies announced Nov. 13 that it has notified current and former patients and employees Nov. 13 that their information may have been exposed in a data breach. 

Days before Google was planning to post more than 100,000 X-ray images online, the National Institutes of Health called the tech giant to intervene, according to The Washington Post. 

Rocky Hill, Conn.-based Starling Physicians mailed letters to an undisclosed number of patients Nov. 12 about a security incident that may have exposed patient information, according to local news station Fox61.

The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill School of Medicine began notifying 3,716 patients Nov. 12 that their information may have been exposed in a phishing attack.

State insurance provider TennCare began notifying 43,847 members Nov. 8 that their information may have been exposed in a security incident at the agency's pharmacy management vendor, according to the Tennessean.

The Office of Civil Rights of HHS is asking for more information about Google's "Project Nightingale" with St. Louis-based Ascension, according to a Nov. 12 The Wall Street Journal report.