Cyberattacks on healthcare entities boomed during the pandemic, and health systems are now turning to the federal government to provide more security for what they consider critical national infrastructure, Politico reported June 22.
Category: cybersecurity
UNC Lenoir Health Care becomes 3rd health system affected by vendor data breach
Kinston, N.C.-based UNC Lenoir Health Care notified patients of a data breach that occured at its clinical guidance software vendor, which has exposed the protected health information of patients at its health system, Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health and S…
Texas Tech Health Science Center’s vendor breach affects 1.2 million patients
Texas Tech University Health Science Center notified patients of a data breach that occured at its eye care software vendor, which has potentially exposed the protected health information of more than 1.2 million patients, NewsChannel 10 reported June …
2 Texas hospital networks infected by malicious code
The IT networks at San Antonio, Texas-based Baptist Medical Center and New Braunfels, Texas-based Resolute Health Hospital were infected by malicious code that allowed an unauthorized user to access the personal health information of some patients.
UChicago Medicine employee email accounts hacked
UChicago Medicine notified patients that an unauthorized user had access to some employee email accounts, putting protected health information of patients at risk.
Data breach at Florida hospitalist group affects nearly 198,000 patients
Central Florida Inpatient Medicine is notifying patients of an email data breach after a cybersecurity incident that affected 197,733 people.
TikTok, Facebook Live not appropriate for telehealth visits, HHS says
Public-facing video services such as TikTok, Facebook Live and Twitch are not compliant with federal privacy regulations for use in telemedicine appointments, HHS said in a guidance.
How UVM Medical Center continued care after ransomware attack took down its IT network
Burlington, Vt.-based UVM Medical Center worked with Epic and its clinical and IT teams to get its health system up and running after a ransomware attack took down its IT network and applications in October, JDSupra reported June 13.
CHI Health, associated locations affected by vendor data breach
Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health notified patients of a data breach that occured at its clinical guidance vendor, which has potentially exposed the protected health information of patients.
Kaiser Permanente notifies nearly 70,000 patients of email data breach
Kaiser Permanente is notifying 69,589 patients of a data breach that occurred when someone accessed an employee’s emails.
