Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

For nearly one year, a woman in Westerville, Ohio claims she has been receiving faxes of other patient's  medical records from Grant Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, according to a Fox28 report.

Approximately a dozen Washington (Pa.) Health System employees were suspended after an internal investigation of alleged inappropriate access to patient records, a health system official confirmed to the Observer-Reporter June 18.

The incidence of ransomware attacks is decreasing, despite cyberattacks generally rising in the last year, according to ISACA's fourth annual "State of Cybersecurity" survey.

An HHS administrative law judge upheld an HHS Office for Civil Rights finding requiring the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to pay $4,348,000 in civil penalties for HIPAA violations related to the organization's encryption policies, HHS…

A recent press release by Iron Mountain announces their expansion into the Amsterdam area by acquiring EvoSwitch Data Center Business.

HealthEquity, a health savings trustee, discovered one of its employee's email accounts containing individuals' protected health information had been compromised due to a human error, according to HealthEquity's notice posted on Click On Detroit.

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.