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Don’t overlook cybersecurity training — Why Lake Chelan Community Hospital CIO created his own cyber program

Community hospitals don’t always share the same challenges as large health systems. With limited budgets, community hospital executives must carefully oversee projects and initiatives to determine what is best for the hospital.

LabCorp hit with class-action lawsuit following data breach that exposed data of 7.7M people

A class-action lawsuit was filed on June 13 in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., against Laboratory Corp. of America alleging the medical diagnostic company failed to monitor its billing and collections vendor, according to The Kansas City…

EMR provider alerts 2 Maryland medical groups of data breach that may have affected 3,000 patients

Meditab, an EMR and practice management software provider, has notified two healthcare providers in Maryland that their patients' personal health information may have been exposed, according to the HIPAA Journal.

2 New York healthcare providers lose EHR access following ransomware attacks

Both Olean (N.Y.) Medical Group and Seneca Nation Health System in Salamanca, N.Y., have lost access to their computer and EHR systems following recent cyberattacks on the organizations, Olean Times Herald reports.

70% of health IT execs feel confident in organizations’ data privacy management

Most (70 percent) healthcare information technology executives said they feel “extremely” or “very” confident in their knowledge of where their organization’s sensitive data is stored, according to a recent Integris Software report.

Phishing attack on Oregon human services department may have exposed 645,000 people

Nine employees within Oregon's Department of Human Services opened a phishing email on Jan. 8 that may have exposed around 645,000 people, according to the Statesman Journal.

AMCA files for bankruptcy after massive data breach

After disclosing a March data breach that exposed millions of patients' health information, the American Medical Collection Agency has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, according to SC Magazine.

Medical records found blowing away outside shuttered Illinois medical facility

Piles of personal medical information have been blowing away after being left in an alley outside a shuttered Illinois medical facility, according to CBS Chicago.

Viewpoint: The spread of medical misinformation should be treated like a cyberattack

The spread of medical misinformation around topics like vaccines and statin medications is increasingly threatening U.S. and global health. In order to combat this, medical, scientific, regulatory and law enforcement organizations must employ an active cyber response plan to mitigate…

Ohio urology practice told to pay $75K in cyberattack

A Boardman, Ohio-based urology program was cyberattacked on June 10, with hackers demanding $75,000 in bitcoin for the encrypted files, according to local NBC affiliate WFMJ.