Two More Healthcare Organizations Inform Patients of Bizmatics Breach
Two more healthcare organizations have started notifying patients that their protected health information was exposed when a hacker infiltrated the PrognoCIS application of third party vendor,...
View ArticleKern County Mental Health Department Announces Privacy Breach
Kern County Mental Health Department, CA., (KCMH) has reported a breach of protected health information which occurred during the relocation of the administrative department in April, 2016. The breach...
View ArticlePonemon Institute Publishes 2016 Cost of Data Breach Study
For the past 11 years, the Ponemon Institute has conducted an annual benchmark study on the cost of data breaches. This week, the Ponemon Institute published the results of its 2016 Cost of Data Breach...
View ArticleAspen Hospital Sued for HIPAA Breach by Former Employee
A healthcare IT worker formerly employed by Aspen Hospital is suing the hospital and five of its employees for an alleged HIPAA breach after it was disclosed he had contracted HIV. The former employee,...
View Article16K ENT and Allergy Center Patients Affected by Bizmatics Breach
ENT and Allergy Care, P.A. has announced that its patients have been affected by the data breach at Bizmatics. In early 2015, the server used to host the Bizmatics PrognoCIS tool was hacked. Access to...
View ArticlePotential Privacy Breach at Planned Parenthood Dubuque Health Center
On July 1, 2016, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland announced that the protected health information (PHI) of certain patients of its Dubuque health center in Iowa may have been accessed by...
View ArticleMidland Memorial Hospital Announces Potential PHI Breach
Midland Memorial Hospital has announced that some of its patients’ protected health information has potentially been viewed by unauthorized individuals. On April 8, 2016, the Midland, Texas-based...
View ArticleNorth Ottawa Medical Group Notifies 22,000 of Bizmatics Breach
North Ottawa Medical Group (NOMG) has notified 22,000 of its patients that they have been impacted by a malware infection that was discovered by its EMR management company, Bizmatics. NOMG joins a long...
View ArticleAnother Hacked Healthcare Database Listed for Sale: Some Victims Confirmed
The listing of three healthcare databases containing 655,000 healthcare records in late June was followed by a posting of a much larger health insurer database containing 9.3 million records. Now, a...
View ArticleMajor 2016 Healthcare Data Breaches: Mid Year Summary
Cyberattacks on healthcare organizations are now a fact of life. As long as it remains profitable for hackers to conduct attacks on healthcare organizations, the cyberattacks will continue. All...
View ArticleStolen Ultrasound Machines Contained PHI, says Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente discovered that some of its ultrasound machines and other medical equipment had been stolen by two company employees. Kaiser Permanente was alerted to the theft of equipment on June...
View ArticlePennsylvania Ambulatory Surgery Center Alerts 13K Patients to Ransomware Attack
Langhorne, PA-based Ambulatory Surgery Center at St. Mary has announced that it was the victim of a ransomware attack on June 1, 2016, according to the Bucks County Courier Times. The IT department was...
View ArticlePHI Exposed Due to Retirement Systems of Alabama Website Error
An error on the website of the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) has resulted in the exposure of hundreds of retirees’ protected health information. The PHI of members of the Public Education...
View ArticleArkansas Spine & Pain Informs Patients About Bizmatics Security Breach
Little Rock, AR-based Arkansas Pain and Spine is the latest healthcare provider to alert its patients that their protected health information was potentially viewed and copied during the Bizmatics data...
View ArticleLifting of Joint Commission Ban on Secure Text Orders Delayed until Fall
The lifting of the Joint Commission ban on secure text orders was welcomed by healthcare organizations and secure messaging providers; however, the ban is now back in place. Text orders cannot...
View ArticleOCR Publishes Report on Hospital Reviews to Assess Privacy Protections for...
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has published a new report on its National HIV/AIDS Compliance Review Initiative. The National HIV/AIDS Compliance Review Initiative...
View ArticleLarge Privacy and Security Gaps at Non-HIPAA Covered Entities Highlighted by...
Consumers’ health data is potentially being placed at risk by entities that are not covered by HIPAA Rules, according to a recent report issued by the ONC. The report – Examining Oversight of the...
View ArticleAthens Orthopedic Clinic Confirms Cyberattack: TDO Dumps More Data
Athens Orthopedic Clinic has confirmed that its patients have been impacted by a cyberattack which was conducted using the login credentials of one of its software vendors. Electronic medical records...
View ArticleStarCare Specialty Health System Reports Potential PHI Breach
The protected health information of 2,900 StarCare Specialty Health System patients has potentially been compromised following the burglary of StarCare/StarQuest offices in Lubbock, Texas on May 30,...
View ArticleTwo Cases of Unauthorized PHI Access by Employees Reported
Two healthcare providers have announced they have discovered employees have improperly accessed the protected health information of patients. In one case, the medical records of 5,400 were improperly...
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