A new report by Chicago-based Trustwave, a data security provider, has found 71 percent of companies that experienced a data breach in 2013 did not detect the breach themselves, with many of the breaches being first discovered by law enforcement…

Los AngelesCounty has discovered an additional 3,497 patients were affected by its February data breach, bringing the total number of affected patients to 342,197, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

NextServices has developed a new patient-physician portal to increase engagement between caregivers and consumers.

Back in 2007, before the HITECH Act and other federal incentives began to spur the healthcare industry as a whole toward interoperability, Minnesota passed a law requiring all hospitals to have interoperable electronic health records by 2015.

Hospitals and health systems have been increasingly partnering with health IT services vendors to expand their telemedicine offerings.

In 2012, 72 percent of office-based physicians had at least a basic electronic health record system, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CMS has issued a memo advising hospitals they may be required to provide an electronic health record "navigator" during state surveys.

Elderly patients with disabilities or chronic illnesses may not use the Internet at rates high enough to benefit from online access to electronic health records, according to a recent study in JAMA.

Cloud-based electronic health record vendor Practice Fusion has launched a continuously updated database of de-identified patient information.

The following is a roundup of recent healthcare data breaches caused by cyberattacks and phishing schemes that have been reported in the last month.