Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems

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.

Malicious software was discovered on three Florida Hospital websites, affecting certain patient information, the Orlando-based hospital said in an emailed news release May 2.

The U.K. Department of Health and Social Care, which oversees the U.K. National Health Service, entered into a deal with Microsoft to improve its cybersecurity efforts systemwide, Microsoft confirmed April 28.

For the second consecutive year, healthcare was the sector hardest hit by cyberattacks, according to Cylance's 2017 Threat Report released May 1.

Since the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act was implemented in 2009, HHS' Office for Civil Rights has received a total of 247,090 breaches of patient data, according to Health Information Privacy/Security Alert.

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

West Hills, Calif.-based Center for Orthopaedic Specialists, which is a part of Providence Medical Institute, a physician foundation encompassing a number of practices roped under Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health & Services, reported computer systems at three of its facilities were compromised…