The recently released Proofpoint Q3 2019 Threat Report provides information regarding the major threats in Q3 of 2019 and shows the evolving strategies, techniques, and…
A misconfiguration of the billing system of Texas Health Resources resulted in the impermissible disclosure of 82,577 of its patients’ health information. Texas Health Resources…
Premier Family Medicine is in the process of notifying 320,000 individuals that their protected health information may have been compromised following a cybersecurity incident. The…
A mailing error at Alive Hospice has resulted in breach notification letters informing patients of a May 2019 cybersecurity incident being sent to the incorrect…
Community Psychiatric Clinic is notifying over 15,500 patients that their protected health information (PHI) may have been compromised in three recent security incidents. Community Psychiatric…
Sonoma Valley Hospital has been forced to change its URL after hackers took control of its 3-letter domain name. On August 6, 2019, at 6:30…
Around 10,000 patients are being notified that their data may have been accessed by an unauthorized individual following a data security incident at Massachusetts General…
A cybersecurity incident at Rhode Island Ear, Nose and Throat Physicians Inc. (RIENT) has resulted in the protected health information (PHI) of 3,000 patients being…
Adirondack Health has revealed that a cyberattack on their facility may have compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 25,000 individuals. Adirondack Health, based in…
Premera Blue Cross has agreed to a $10 million settlement to resolve lawsuit involving 30 state attorneys general for a 2014 data breach which compromised…
A former employee of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has been indicted by a federal grand jury and has been sentenced to serve…
A data breach at Mercy Health has impacted nearly 1,000 patients. The non-profit healthcare system in west Michigan, discovered that some protected health information (PHI)…
Rosenbaum Dental Group has revealed that it recently suffered a malware attack which potentially compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 1,200 individuals. Rosenbaum Dental…
The members of Turlock Irrigation District in California’s employer-sponsored health plan have had their protected health information exposed due to mistake made at a business…
Episcopal Health Services has sent a second batch of breach notification letters to patients affected by a 2018 phishing attack. The letters are being sent…
Oregon State Hospital is preparing to notify patients that their protected health information (PHI) may have been compromised due to an employee responding to a…
An employee email error at Independent Health has resulted in the PHI of 7,600 health plan members being compromised. Independent Health, based in Amherst, MA,…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which is more commonly referred to as HIPAA, is a law of the United Sates of America that…
Goole Hangouts is a video chat, instant messaging, and voice call service offered by Google but is it compliant with the Health Insurance Portability and…
The introduction of the European General Data Protection Regulation, more commonly known as the GDPR, occurred on May 25, 2018 and led to a number…
CynergisTek has released a report which reveals that a significant number of healthcare organisations fail to comply with important pieces of healthcare legislation, including HIPAA’s…
The Office for Civil Rights has issued a warning about the risk of advanced persistent threats to sensitive data in the spring edition of its…
Could a member of staff find themselves out of a job following a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as…
Burrell Behavioral Health has revealed that a business associate’s error has compromised the data of 70,000 patients. The error occurred in August 2018. The business…
As more and more people adopt cloud storage and computing services in their everyday lives and as the iPhone and iPads continue to command an…
Sharepoint is a software from Microsoft that is commonly used in enterprises in many industries, but some have asked whether it can be used by…
WhatsApp is one of the most widely used messaging platforms in the world, and more than likely the most widely used messaging platform which incorporates…
Maffi Clinics, Arizona, have revealed that a ransomware attack on their servers compromised the files of nearly 10,500 patients. Maffi Clinics, a network of 5…
Delaware Guidance Services for Children and Youth (DGS) is notifying 50,000 individuals of a recent ransomware attack that saw the facility pay ‘thousands’ to the…
Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital have had to fire up to 60 employees for accessing Jussie Smollett’s medical records without correct authorisation to do so. Jussie…
Organizations that are subject to the rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, better known as HIPAA, are bound to respect and uphold…
WebEx is a popular online meeting and web conferencing platform that allows companies and individuals to connect and discuss topics virtually, saving transport and possibly…
Many of us will be familiar with the range of programmes which make up Microsoft Office’s software offering, but familiarity can breed complacency, which can…
The University of Washington School of Medicine (UW Medicine) has announced that an IT error has resulted in the exposure of 974,000 patient data files…
Text messaging is a convenient and rapid way to share information in both personal and professional settings, but are text messages compliant with the Health…
Sharecare Health Data Services has announced that an unauthorised individual gained access to some of its systems and sensitive patient data may have been compromised….
Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City has announced that surgery schedules containing patient information were stolen from one of their employee’s vehicles last December. The employee,…
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, more commonly referred to as the HITECH Act was introduced by the administration of President…
Alexa, the virtual voice-assistant offered by Amazon, is one of many similar services marketed by the largest tech companies in the world, and it could…
In the past, dental offices may have felt less concerned by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, more often known as HIPAA, but this…
FaceTime, a method of making video calls between devices made by Apple, has become more and more popular since its introduction and with the large…
It is rare that a week passes where we do not hear or see media outlets covering yet another HIPAA violation provoked by the action…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, more commonly known as HIPAA, includes several provisions to allow people to report violations or suspected violations to…
Micropatches addressing three zero-day Windows flaws have been deployed by 0patch. The vulnerabilities, which have yet to be addressed by Microsoft, including a zero-day remote…
A warning has been issued about vulnerabilities affecting Dräger Infinity Delta patient monitoring devices. The warning was issued by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) United…
Azure is Microsoft’s cloud services platform and it therefore has the potential to offer a lot to businesses, including businesses working in the healthcare arena,…
Facebook is one of the largest social media platforms the world has ever seen and almost everyone is familiar with its Messenger tool, with many…
Choice Rehabilitation of Creve Coeur, Missouri, has released a statement announcing that a security incident has compromised the sensitive data of over 4,300 patients. The…
BJC HealthCare have announced that the details of nearly 6,000 credit cards were compromised following a cybersecurity incident. BJC HealthCare, based in Missouri, discovered the…
Mind & Motion Developmental Centers have revealed that they have been the victims of a ransomware attack on their servers. Mind & Motion Developmental Centers,…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 revolutionised regulations surrounding the security and privacy of healthcare data. One of its many aims was…
May Eye Care Center, PA, has announced that the protected healthcare information of up to 30,000 patients was affected in a recent ransomware attack. May…
A North Texas mental health services provider has announced that the sensitive files of over 1,800 patients have been compromised in a phishing attack. Metrocare…
A former IT worker at a New Jersey medical centre has been sentenced to 5 years’ probation for the theft of IT equipment that stored…
A paediatric nurse at Texas Children’s Hospital has been fired after she posted details about a toddler’s measles diagnosis on an anti-vaxxer Facebook page. Posting…
The Arc of Erie County, a non-profit agency that supports children and adults with disabilities based in Buffalo, NY, was levied a $200,000 fine by…
The protected healthcare information of nearly 20,000 children enrolled in the Missouri Medicaid Plan has been exposed due to a mailing error. The PHI was…
Legacy Health, a non-profit hospital system based in Portland, Oregon, has recently announced that approximately 38,000 of their patients have had their protected health information…
Three Democrat lawmakers have accused the Oklahoma Department of Veteran Affairs of breaching the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by allowing their staff…
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights took the opportunity to remind HIPAA covered entities, which includes healthcare providers, health plans,…
While addressing the Heritage Foundation in earlier this month, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Alex Azar, announced that the HHS…
A four year legal battle between victims of identity theft and a former employee at the Flowers Hospital of Dothan, Alabama, is approaching its end….
It has been revealed that employees at Thompson Health’s M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center in Canandaigua, New York, have been caught breaching HIPAA privacy regulations…
Aetna Inc., a Fortune 500 health insurance company, recently released the results of their “Health Ambitions Study”. The primary aim of the research was to…
On June 29, 2018, the Department of Justice announced that a former patient information coordinator has been indicted by a federal grand jury for violations…
The District court has ruled that patients have no right to take legal action for HIPAA violation. That is to say that there is no…
Washington Health Systems has suspended several of their staff members following allegations that they accessed patient health records without authorisation. The privacy breach is currently…
A recent survey on the use of mobile technology in medical situations has shown that 90% of hospitals and 94% of physicians have adopted mobile…
Recently, several lawsuits have been filed in relation to alleged breaches of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Rules. Here, we provide an overview…
In a recent statement, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has reminded covered entities (CEs) that HIPAA compliance requires…
Given the extra effort and costs that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) imposes on organizations in the healthcare space, not to mention…
With the advent of the cloud and its absolute ubiquity in both consumer and professional applications, a large swath of the healthcare industry are asking…
Zoom has already been adopted as a powerful and convenient video conference application that allows over 750,000 companies to carry out meetings and presentations via…
The possibility of signing agreements and contracts remotely has increased the speed with which administrative processes, typically a bottleneck in many sectors, can be done…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act lays down a set of provisions which must be followed by doctors and nurses in hospitals and clinics,…
Given the often stringent rules of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, often referred to as HIPAA, healthcare staff and others in the health…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as HIPAA, creates a number of rules which some parties may find difficult to implement and…
It is of the utmost importance that all members of staff in organizations with activities relating to healthcare provision or health insurance coverage are aware…
Insurance companies and others in the healthcare space could see advantages by utilizing Dropbox, but before doing so they must ask whether Dropbox is compliant…
Earlier this month, LifeBridge Health, a Baltimore-based healthcare provider, made a statement announcing that it had discovered a data breach in their organisation. An initial…
Slack has emerged over the past number of years as a useful and versatile tool which many use to communicate and collaborate but some organizations…
Should a patient find themselves the victim or affected by a violation of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, more commonly known as HIPAA,…
When we talk about HIPAA and HIPAA compliance, the nature of the issue can seem overwhelming and complicated unless we first explain what HIPAA compliance…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, also known as HIPAA, requires a certain level of security and standards to be met when dealing with…
With the huge range of cloud storage solution providers in the market and the increasing push for organizations to explore the possibilities offered by these…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (more commonly known as HIPAA) is an important piece of legislation but who is responsible for HIPAA enforcement?…
When organizations put in the effort to implement the many administrative and technological hurdles needed to be compliant with HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and…
Even though most healthcare employees, covered entities, business associates, and others in the healthcare space do their best to always act in compliance with the…
As the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, more widely known as HIPAA, was first introduced in 1996, long before the widespread use of social…
The Department of Homeland Security’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (DHS ICS-CERT) have issued warnings to healthcare providers about vulnerabilities in several medical…
An enormous amount of effort is put into ensuring that businesses and organizations are acting in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act,…
Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, more widely known as HIPAA, organizations are required to appoint or designate someone to the position of…
The convenience and ubiquity of Skype has led to many people asking themselves whether Skype could be used to transmit or share Protected Health Information…
As organizations covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (commonly known as HIPAA) look into creating or modifying their training techniques, they may…
Nurses are at the front line of almost all health care services, but what sort of penalties do nurses face if they violate the Health…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, commonly known as HIPAA, notes differing information in relation to keeping copies of different types of data, which…
In a recent statement the gastroenterology group Capital Digestive Care, based in Silver Spring, Maryland, announced that they have discovered a data breach in their…
With the completion of the first year of the Trump Administration being in office and following a number of changes in important areas of law…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, more often known as HIPAA, lays out a number of requirements detailing how organizations can be allowed to…
As methods of communication evolve and it becomes more acceptable to use channels that were previously thought of as less formal for more important and…