Baton Rouge, La.-based Eye Care Surgery Center is notifying 2,553 patients their protected health information may have been compromised after a laptop was stolen from its facility in February.
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There have been almost 7,100 patient and employee complaints of HIPAA violations in the past five years, which have forced organizations to change their operations and pay substantial fines, according to an analysis by Health Information Privacy/Security Alert.
Cynthia Silhol requested her own medical records from Brooksville, Fla.-based Oak Hill Hospital, but instead, she allegedly received 256 pages of a stranger's health information, WTSP reports.
The Oregon Clinic in Portland is notifying an undisclosed number of patients their protected health information may have been compromised when an unauthorized third party gained access to one of the clinic's email accounts.
Iron Mountain Incorporated, a leader in storage information management has added Iron Cloud® Critical Protection and Recovery (CPR)™, a new solution to protect and restore data from cyberattacks.
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The U.S. Navy and Air Force may face millions of dollars in penalties related to HIPAA violations after the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General found a number of flaws in the security systems for its hospitals' EHRs, Military.com…
Hospitals and other healthcare organizations are increasingly the targets of cyber security attacks.
Hospitals and other healthcare organizations are increasingly the targets of cyber security attacks.
Hackers broke into several accounts controlled by the City of Tulsa (Okla.), though city officials claim there have been no effects on city systems, newson6.com reported May 4.
Nearly 1.13 million patient records were breached in the first three months of 2018, and with 110 reported breaches, healthcare was struck at least once per day, according to a Protenus report.