Four U.S. senators have introduced a new bill to fight healthcare cyberattacks.
Cybersecurity news for hospitals and health systems
Healthcare cybersecurity news covering breaches, ransomware and the hospital cyberattacks that shut down clinical operations. Becker's tracks how health systems detect, respond and spend to prevent the next one.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is meeting the minimum requirements for auditing health organizations' data privacy practices, but a recent report shows there's more work to be done to protect patient data.
Hackers breached a Texas health system during a recent IT outage.
Paging Dr. HIPAA Ask anyone who’s ever gone to medical school—they’ll tell you the ability to understand medical textbooks feels like a superpower. The same can be said about navigating Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance.
UMC Health System in Lubbock, Texas, has disclosed a data breach involving patient information after a ransomware attack on its computer systems.
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Cyber Threats & Regulatory Issues You Need to Know About While healthcare has always been on the forefront of technology when it comes to clinical medicine, it has sometimes been a bit slower to adopt and adapt to the ever-changing…
The U.S. Justice Department has charged a Russian national with facilitating ransomware attacks on hospitals and other organizations.
UnitedHealth Group claims processing subsidiary Change Healthcare has restored its clearinghouse services and received $3.2 billion in loan repayments from providers following a February cyberattack.
A ransomware attack on Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City, Okla., has compromised the personal information of 133,149 individuals.