The total number of healthcare records breached in 2017 is at a new, four-year low clocking 4.7 million individuals affected, according to a report from Bitglass, a cloud security provider.
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Healthcare leaders may not be properly prepared to face a cyberattack. In fact, 51 percent said their organization does not have written operating procedures about how to respond to a cyberattack, according to a recent KPMG poll.
Memorial Hospital at Gulfport (Miss.) notified 1,500 patients after learning some of their protected health information was inadvertently sent, via email, to an outside email address, a hospital spokesperson confirmed to Becker's Hospital Review.
The Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services is notifying 11,000 of its consumers that an employee sent an unauthorized email containing their protected health information to a group of KDADS business associates, agency spokesperson Angela de Rocha told Becker's…
Population health — an approach to healthcare that uses vast amounts of patient health data to inform care for specific groups of patients — has the potential to help providers improve patient outcomes and reduce utilization. However, collecting and storing…
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Numerous privacy incidents at health IT suppliers, hospitals and other healthcare organizations captured public attention last month.
U.S. intelligence blamed Russia for hacking hundreds of computers used in South Korea during the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, according to The Washington Post.
The Office of the Inspector General at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management alleged in a Feb. 12 report Health Net of California obstructed a federal IT audit, thereby violating its contract with the OPM.
The Office of the Attorney General at the Department of Justice established a Cyber-Digital Task Force Feb. 16 to study how federal law enforcement can address the "malicious use of technology."
As more and more heart devices leverage software or wireless communication connectivity — features that help the devices work more smoothly or update automatically — the devices face an increased risk of falling victim to a cyberattack, which could be…