Amazon Alexa users in the U.K. can now ask the digital assistant medical questions and receive answers from the National Health Service, leaving many to question how privacy will be affected, according to Los Angeles Times columnist David Lazarus.
Cybersecurity
A malware attack caused a disruption in daily operations at South Bend (Ind.) Clinic last week, according to local NBC affiliate WNDU.
An unauthorized third party gained access to an employee's email account at a New York ACO that contained a spreadsheet of information for around 25,000 patients, according to The Post Star.
Bangor, Maine-based Penobscot Community Health Care mailed letters to an unknown number of patients about a data breach at one of the medical center's third-party vendors, according to Bangor Daily News.
Apple has disabled the Walkie-Talkie app on Apple Watches after finding a security glitch that allowed a person to eavesdrop on other iPhone conversations without consent, reports The Wall Street Journal.
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Health insurer Premera Blue Cross has agreed to pay 30 states $10.4 million to settle an investigation into a data breach that exposed personal information of more than 10 million people, according to GeekWire.
When it comes to the security of their patient portals, more than half of healthcare organizations consider theirs as above average or superior in comparison to other patient portals, according to a LexisNexis report.
Placerville, Calif.-based Shingle Springs Health and Wellness Center discovered that its server infrastructure was infected with ransomware on April 7, which may have compromised the protected health information of 21,513 patients.
Duluth, Minn.-based Essentia Health mailed letters to 1,000 patients regarding a data breach at a third-party vendor that may have exposed their protected health information, according to CBS3.
Video conferencing service provider Zoom confirmed July 10 that it will release a patch for a vulnerability that allowed hackers to hijack peoples' webcams, according to Wired.