Lurie Children’s Hospital has agreed to implement improved cybersecurity measures in order to settle a class action lawsuit for a data breach that resulted in patients’ health information being viewed by an unauthorized employee, according to a Nov. 7 …
The International Committee of the Red Cross is looking to create a digital equivalent of its distinctive red symbol in order to warn off hackers who attempt to break into medical institutions’ networks, The Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 4.
Here are four data breach lawsuits involving health systems as reported by Becker’s since Sept. 26.
Houston-based St. Luke’s Health is notifying patients about a third-party data breach at consulting services vendor Adelanto Healthcare Ventures that resulted in the protected health information of 16,906 patients to be compromised.
Hospitals could have to meet minimum cybersecurity standards to participate in the Medicare program, according to a list of potential proposals outlined Nov. 3 by U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va.
OakBend Medical Center is providing more information to patients about a Sept. 1 data breach in which an unauthorized user had encrypted some of the hospital’s computers and servers.
Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne reported being largely back online Nov. 1 after a ransomware attack against its parent company, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, disabled its EHR and IT systems in early October.
Raleigh, N.C.-based WakeMed is facing a patient-led lawsuit for installing a pixel tracking tool from Facebook on its website and patient portal that allegedly led to patient data being sent to the social media company.
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center, part of HHS, is urging healthcare organizations to patch up software library OpenSSL’s cybersecurity vulnerabilities as soon as updates are released Nov. 1.
Brunswick, Ga.-based Ascension St. Vincent’s Coastal Cardiology’s legacy systems were encrypted by ransomware.
