Change Healthcare and the HealthCare Executive Group have published the ninth annual Industry Pulse Survey report.
Cybersecurity
Officials within Arizona's Medicaid program reportedly sent personal health information of 3,146 patients to incorrect home addresses, according to AZ Central.
A fax server error within Meditab, a company that develops software for EHRs, left thousands of physicians’ notes and patient information vulnerable for anyone to access, according to TechCrunch.
St. Joseph, Mich.-based Spectrum Health Lakeland is the latest healthcare provider who was affected by a vendor data breach that touched thousands of patients across the state, according to The Herald-Palladium.
Since issuing cybersecurity vulnerability tests within HHS networks, the Office of Inspector General is instating ongoing cybersecurity audits, according to Fedscoop.
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Concord, Mass.-based Emerson Hospital sent letters to 6,314 patients alerting them of a May2018 cybersecurity attack that may have affected their information, according to the HIPAA Journal.
Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives unveiled legislation March 11 to set baseline cybersecurity standards for connected devices the federal government uses.
Elizabeth City, N.C.-based Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Medical Services posted a notice about a recent cybersecurity incident that may have affected 20,420 people.
As the gatekeeper of Social Security numbers, medical information and health insurance data, hospital are big targets for hackers. But, healthcare providers only spent about 5 percent of their IT budgets on security last year according to a survey by…
The National Science Foundation issued a three-year, $1 million grant to the University of Massachusetts Lowell for the research and development of cyberinfrastructure that supports translational research, the Lowell Sun reports.