Category: cybersecurity

Annalee Knowles, a physician assistant who was working at NCH Healthcare System, based in Naples, Fla., has posted patients’ confidential information to her Instagram story, Naples Daily News reported Oct. 5. 

Here are seven hospitals and health systems dealing with cyberattacks Becker’s has reported on since Sept. 7:

University of California San Diego School of Medicine received a $9.5 million award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health to conduct health cybersecurity research. 

More than 190,000 people and seven hospitals had their data breached during the ransomware attack on Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings.

Hospitals and health systems should be on the lookout for data “time bombs” that could cause patient information to be destroyed by hackers, the American Hospital Association warned.

Mount Graham Regional Medical Center, based in Safford, Ariz., said its communication systems and information systems have been affected by a cybersecurity event. 

One year ago, on Oct. 2, 2022, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health detected a ransomware attack on its IT network.

The August cyberattack targeting Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings’ Connecticut facilities has left a financial strain on the hospitals as some computer systems are still not restored, CT Mirror reported Oct. 1.

Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care said it has experienced a ransomware attack shortly after a ransomware gang took credit for it, The Record reported Sept. 29. 

The American Hospital Association is asking Congress to urge HHS to “immediately” rescind a rule restricting the use of third-party tracking technologies by hospitals and health systems.