Category: cybersecurity

Phoenixville (Pa.) Hospital has fired an employee for accessing patient medical records without authorization, the Reading Eagle reported July 8. 

A U.S. House of Representatives panel plans to examine whether data companies and personal health apps are keeping patients’ reproductive health data private in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, NBC reported July 8.

VCU Health disclosed they had recently learned that beginning as early as Jan. 4, 2006, information about transplant donors had accidentally been included in files for their transplant recipients and vice versa.

Heartland Healthcare Services, a pharmacy company owned by HCR-ManorCare and CVS Health, notified patients that an April data breach has compromised the protected health information of some customers. 

One of the nation’s largest health insurance companies has contracted with cybersecurity firm IronNet to protect the private medical and personal data of its more than 17 million members, IronNet said July 6.

Hackers sponsored by North Korea’s government have been using the Maui ransomware to target healthcare and public health services providers for the last year, according to the U.S. government.

Cybersecurity is a top priority for hospitals and health systems across the country, and information security professionals are highly sought after by healthcare organizations.

More than 600 healthcare organizations have been affected by a February data breach on accounts receivable management company Professional Finance Company’s network. 

A cybercriminal group is taking responsibility for an alleged ransomware attack on a Missouri hospital system, legal news website JDSupra reported June 30. 

Baton Rouge (La.) General Medical Center had to switch to paper record-keeping after a cyberattack brought its EHR system offline June 28, WAFB reported.