Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health reported that 585,959 patients were involved in a data breach stemming from the use of technology that may have transmitted their information to Big Tech companies.
Ascension reported a cyberattack on May 8 interrupting its IT systems and disrupting patient care. The system reverted to downtime procedures through mid-June, when the EHR was restored, but reverberations from the attack continue.
Change Healthcare will soon meet with a federal judge to discuss a possible settlement agreement over the data breach that affected 100 million Americans.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is meeting the minimum requirements for auditing health organizations’ data privacy practices, but a recent report shows there’s more work to be done to protect patient data.