Cybersecurity

More than 15 million U.S. patient health records were breached in 2018, according to a Protenus report.

Hospitals and health systems received an influx of fraudulent emails last year , a persistent problem that has cost healthcare organizations $12.5 billion since the end of 2013, a Proofpoint study found.

Pawnee City, Neb.-based Pawnee Country Memorial Hospital is notifying 7,175 patients that some of their protected health information may have been exposed when a hospital employee was tricked by a phishing email in November 2018.

Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Cottage Health agreed to pay $3 million and implement a corrective action plan as part of a HIPAA settlement to resolve allegations it had unintentionally disclosed electronic patient information.

The federal Office for Civil Rights reached 10 settlements resolving HIPAA violations and one judgment in 2018, bringing in a record $28.7 million in fines.

Apple released an update that fixes a bug in its FaceTime app, which had allowed callers to remotely tap into another user's microphone — even if that user hadn't picked up the call, according to CNBC.

An NBC affiliate in Florida reports that trash strewn along a local road included medical records and other personal, sensitive documents.

Nearly 24,000 patients may have had their protected health information breached in a recent hacking IT incident at Dr. DeLuca & Dr. Marciano Eye Associates, the Prospect, Conn.-based  optometry practice reported to HHS' Office for Civil Rights Jan. 25.

Roper St. Francis Healthcare in Charleston, S.C., posted a notice to its website Jan. 29, warning patients about a potential compromise of their protected health information.

Clearwater and Digital Reasoning entered into a three-year strategic cyber risk services partnership that will focus on enhancing the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in healthcare.