Cybersecurity

To address the growing rate of cyberattacks against the healthcare industry, HHS released a 30-plus page report outlining best practices hospitals can use to protect patient data.

Numerous privacy incidents at hospitals, IT suppliers and other healthcare organizations captured public attention last month.

After a hospital suffers a data breach, advertising expenditures tend to increase 64 percent, according to a study published in The American Journal of Managed Care Dec. 21.

Stephanie Domas, vice president of research at MedSec, a cybersecurity risk management provider in Miami, discusses cyberattacks on connected medical devices and the preventative actions health systems can take.

The University of Arizona College of Medicine in Phoenix held a CyberMed Summit in December to help physicians prepare for cyberattacks on medical devices, according to AZCentral.com.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan alerted roughly 15,000 Medicare Advantage members that their personal information may have been compromised, according to Crain's Detroit Business.

User authentication deficiencies are among the most common high-security risks healthcare organizations face with regard to cybersecurity, according to a CyberIntelligence Insight Bulletin from Clearwater Compliance.

CynergisTek, a provider of healthcare cybersecurity, privacy and information assurance, formed a preferred partnership with Protenus, a healthcare compliance analytics company.

A lawsuit filed by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey's office alleges Belmont, Mass.-based McLean Hospital lost personal and health information of over 1,500 patients, employees and brain donors, according to the Boston Herald.

Most healthcare employees are confident in their organization's cybersecurity strategy, despite many facilities suffering multiple ransomware attacks over the past few years, according to a report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab.