Blue Earth, Minn.-based United Hospital District is notifying 2,143 patients about a June 2018 phishing scheme.
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Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth is notifying 42,161 patients about an August 2017 data breach that may have exposed personal information.
The healthcare industry ranks eighth in data security performance compared to 18 other major industries, according to a report from SecurityScorecard.
Lawmakers in Maryland are considering legislation that would make ransomware attacks a crime punishable with prison time, BankInfoSecurity reports.
A cyberattack from another country is Americans' most common security concern, according to a recent survey from the Pew Research Center.
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The American Medical Association penned a letter Feb. 8 to officials at HHS' Office for Civil Rights — the agency tasked with enforcing HIPAA — to recommend potential changes to the healthcare privacy law.
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.