August 8, 2023
Via: Healthcare DiveThe research, which analyzed hospitals’ merger records and breach reports from the HHS between 2010 and 2022, comes as data breaches become increasingly costly for healthcare systems. Healthcare breaches exposed 385 million patient records during that period, and hacking incidents […]
February 27, 2023
Via: Healthcare DiveThe threat by Clop, a ransomware group that has been active since February 2019, shows how vulnerable personal health information is to cyberattacks. More than 289 hospitals may have been impacted by ransomware attacks in 2022, according to the HHS. […]
February 23, 2023
Via: Health IT AnswersUnder the HITECH Act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has to post and investigate all data breaches of health records affecting 500 people or more. In the last 24 months, there have been 885 breaches. As a […]
May 8, 2018
Via: Health Data ManagementEvery healthcare organization should have an incident response plan (IRP) in place before it experiences a breach of protected health information. The IRP is the roadmap for what to do in the event of a data breach—it contains the specific […]
May 2, 2018
Via: HITECH AnswersStudy Shows that Healthcare’s Internal Security Breaches Exceed External Ones Was that Lady Gaga in the emergency room? What kind of procedure is my ex having? If you’re a healthcare organization, curiosity is one reason why your employees are a […]
April 13, 2018
Via: Healthcare InformaticsThe Orange County, New York-based Middletown Medical has acknowledged a data breach in which a security setting on one of the group’s radiology interfaces enabled unauthorized users to access electronic patient information. The misconfigured security settings specifically may have permitted […]
November 7, 2017
Via: HealthcarebusinesstechHealthcare security breaches have been on the rise in recent years. In 2016 alone, more than 27 million patient records were compromised as part of 450 data security breach incidents. And 2017 isn’t looking much better, with several large breaches […]
October 30, 2017
Via: HITECH AnswersHealthcare data breaches account for over 22% of the data breaches so far in 2017. To put a number on it, that’s nearly 2 million health data records. If you’re looking for an idea of what’s to come the remainder […]
September 27, 2017
Via: HITECH AnswersReported data breaches show that HIPAA violation settlements are on the upswing, both in terms of the number of individuals affected and financial cost. We’re not done with 2017, yet OCR’s updated breach portal shows that nearly 4 million individuals […]
September 11, 2017
Via: HITECH AnswersEvery once in a while the world wakes up to the news of yet another data breach of incredible proportion, providing a crude reminder that healthcare IT systems are not as secure as they should be. Some black hat hackers […]
August 8, 2017
Via: HITECH AnswersIt is no secret that despite increased awareness of data breaches around the globe, businesses continue to fall victim to cybercriminals exploiting their weak security measures. An article on Small Business Computing explores data breaches and how the size of the business […]
May 10, 2017
Via: HITECH AnswersData breaches cost companies an average of $221 per compromised record. Heavily-regulated industries, like healthcare, tend to have per capita data breach costs substantially higher than the overall mean. In fact, according to an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) survey […]
April 18, 2017
Via: HITECH AnswersAccording to the Brookings Institution, from late 2009 up to present times, the cost of breaches in the healthcare industry has reached $363 per record. Further, over 155 million Americans have had their medical information compromised by way of 1,500 […]
March 17, 2017
Via: HITECH AnswersFor HIPAA covered entities and their business associates, keeping health data protected should be a top priority. Failing to do so can have disastrous consequences, not only by way of the civil and criminal penalties dealt out for breaching HIPAA’s […]
March 10, 2017
Via: HITECH AnswersHeadlines about hospital data breaches that expose thousands of medical records appear with alarming frequency. Yet even one breach can be devastating. A single breach at a Pennsylvania practice in the first half of 2016 exposed 87,000 patient records, and […]
March 3, 2017
Via: HITECH AnswersIn the all-out war for data, the healthcare industry is getting hit the hardest. Experian’s fourth annual 2017 Data Breach Industry Forecast states that healthcare organizations will be the most targeted sector for attack, with new and sophisticated attacks emerging. […]
July 7, 2016
Via: Health IT OutcomesAs healthcare organizations continue to dive deeper into digital, security has been an obvious (and ongoing) concern, especially in light of recent breaches and cyberattacks. But as they try to ensure the privacy of their protected data, it is important […]
July 1, 2016
Via: Healthcare InformaticsMassachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has acknowledged a data breach in which an unauthorized individual gained access to a third-party vendor’s electronic files containing patient information. Read More on Healthcare Informatics
June 7, 2016
Via: HealthcareITnewsA Connecticut podiatry office has notified 40,491 patients that cybercriminals may have compromised their protected health information by accessing its EHR database. Stamford Podiatry Group P.C. said in a letter to its patients that an unauthorized third party gained access to […]
May 24, 2016
Via: HealthcareITnewsKansas Heart Hospital was the victim of a ransomware attack and after it paid the the first one, attackers boldly demanded a second ransom to decrypt data. Kansas Heart Hospital president Greg Duick, MD told local media that patient information […]