Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health on Jan. 2 notified employees and patients of a data breach that potentially exposed their personal information.
Billing statements containing the personal health information of 1,661 Advocate Aurora Health patients in Illinois were mailed to the wrong location, according to the Chicago Tribune.
CompuGroup Medical, a medical software vendor, reported Dec. 27 that most of its systems were up and running again after a “technical failure” due to a Dec. 20 ransomware attack.
Capital Region Medical Center has been operating on downtime procedures after taking its network systems offline Dec. 17 in response to a cybersecurity incident, the Jefferson City, Mo.-based hospital said Dec. 23.
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights issued new guidance Dec. 20 to explain how HIPAA covers healthcare providers who disclose protected health information to support instances of extreme risk protection orders.