A regional Veterans Affairs Department in Milwaukee mishandled patients personal data, leaving medical records, internal communications and other information available for unauthorized personnel to access, according to Nextgov.
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Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health has mailed patients letters indicating that their financial information may have been stolen, according to local ABC affiliate WLOS.
Milwaukie, Ore.-based Monterey Health Center announced Oct. 11 that it is notifying patients their protected health information may have been exposed because of a ransomware attack.
Healthcare organizations are becoming larger targets for cybercriminals because they don't always have the resources to protect themselves from various cyberattacks.
Tampa-based Women's Care Florida alerted all current and former patients — 528,188 people — that their medical or personal information may have been exposed due to an April 29 cybersecurity incident.
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Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based DCH Health System restored services Oct. 10 and lifted its diversion protocol for its three hospitals after being hit by a ransomware attack earlier in the month.
Greenville, Texas-based Hunt Regional Healthcare has notified additional patients of a cyberattack earlier this year that may have exposed patient information, according to the Herald Banner.
A website created by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health to track hepatitis infections was compromised, exposing individual's health records, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
CIOs have five key responsibilities upon learning their hospital or health system is experiencing a data breach, according to Patty Lavely, interim CIO and principal consultant for CIO Consulting and former senior vice president and CIO of Gwinnett Medical Center…
It's no surprise that cybersecurity is on the minds of hospital and health system executives as healthcare continues to see a rise in ransomware attacks. Howard Haile, chief information security officer at Denver-based SCL Health, is among those leaders.