Cybersecurity

San Francisco-based Dignity Health, a 39-hospital system operating in three states, is under federal investigation after a breach compromised the data of 55,947 patients, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Cyberattacks are becoming more frequent in healthcare, forcing hospitals to enhance their cybersecurity efforts from every angle, including the C-suite.

Ninety-six percent of hospitals are budgeting for or investing in comprehensive clinical communication platforms to deploy before the end of 2018, according to a Black Book survey.

Phoenix-based Terros Health, a healthcare organization focused on mental illness and addiction, reported a phishing scam may have compromised 1,600 patients' data, KJZZ reports.

Almost half of CIOs — 49 percent — indicate improving cybersecurity is a key business issue their respective organizations' boards are looking to address with IT initiatives, according to a joint survey by IT outsourcing service provider Harvey Nash and professional services…

Roughly half of healthcare CIOs — 53 percent — indicated they would be 80 to 90 percent in compliance with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation by May, according to a joint survey by IT outsourcing service provider Harvey Nash and…

Three years after a former nurse practitioner at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center stole patient information and shared it with her new employer, the New York State Education Department Office of the Professions suspended her license, Democrat &…

A third-party claims reviewer for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois discovered one of its physician peer reviewers was using someone else's identity, according to a sample letter posted on the Office of the Vermont Attorney General's website.

Protenus named Brian Holtmeier its CFO, the healthcare analytics platform confirmed June 6.

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives penned a joint letter June 5 to HHS Secretary Alex Azar raising concern about the agency's troubled cybersecurity center.