The University of Maryland, Baltimore and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County have partnered to combine their respective medical and technological expertise for the protection of medical data and devices.
Cybersecurity
Dozens more University of Missouri Health Care patients have joined a class-action lawsuit against the Columbia-based university over a recent data breach, ABC affiliate KMIZ reports.
Brian Sterud, vice president and CIO of Faith Regional Health Services in Norfolk, Neb., outlines the big trends in hospital cybersecurity with a focus on community healthcare.
Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health is notifying patients that a USB thumb drive storing some patients' private health information went missing June 30.
A former Lehigh Valley Health Network patient is suing the Allentown, Pa.-based health system over claims that an LVHN-affiliated physician who was not treating him illegally accessed his medical records for months, The Morning Call reports.
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Three more healthcare organizations have alerted patients that their information may have been affected from a data breach at American Medical Collection Agency, according to the HIPAA Journal.
A federal judge will allow patients to go forward with parts of their lawsuit against West Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint Health after a data breach, according to local ABC affiliate WKOW.
Ten patients who were affected by a data breach at Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care filed a class-action lawsuit Aug. 6 against the university, according to local ABC affiliate KMIZ.
Companies and CEOs are now coughing up millions of dollars to keep and hire seasoned cybersecurity experts as hacking incidents are on the rise, according to Bloomberg.
Officials at Kansas City, Mo.-based Truman Medical Center paid hackers to regain access to parts of its computer system after being the target in a ransomware attack, according to local news station KSHB.