Data is an all-important resource in healthcare. Caregivers and payers depend on data to make clinical, operational and financial decision every day. However, as the volume and value of data grows, so does the threat of data breaches.
Cybersecurity
Hospitals and health systems are becoming more focused on cybersecurity with the influx of data breaches.
A database that held personal information for MedicareSupplement.com was left vulnerable to hackers, according to the HIPAA Journal.
Employees at Akron, Ohio-based Summa Health were targets in phishing attacks in August 2018 and March 2019, according to Akron Beacon Journal.
Numerous privacy incidents at hospitals, IT suppliers and other healthcare organizations captured public attention last month.
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Novato, Calif.-based Marin Community Clinics was hit with a ransomware attack on June 19, which forced physicians to use paper documentation that would later be transferred to the EHR, according to the HIPAA Journal.
Lake City, Fla., officials agreed to pay cybercriminals $426,000 on June 24 after a ransomware attack locked them out of systems, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Eight federal agencies, including HHS, have failed to meet basic cybersecurity benchmarks for the past 10 years, according to a report from the U.S. Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and cited by cleveland.com.
Here are five data breaches payers recently reported:
Vision and dental insurer Dominion National is notifying an unknown number of members of a data security incident that may have caused personal information to be exposed.