Category: cybersecurity

McLaren Greater Lansing (Mich.) has allegedly left patient records in a decommissioned hospital, NBC affiliate WILX reported April 27. 

A KLAS research report based on a survey of 48 organizations found that healthcare providers are more reactive than proactive when it comes to their cybersecurity posture.

Healthcare organizations are facing increasingly adept cybercriminals. 

One Brooklyn Health said patients’ financial information was compromised during a November cyberattack on the health system.

A lawsuit filed against University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics alleges that the health system installed pixel tracking technology on its websites that shared patient data with Facebook, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported April 24. 

Internet-connected medical devices that feed patient data into EHRs are expected to explode in use in the coming years, presenting a cybersecurity challenge to hospitals and health systems.

As cybersecurity becomes more integrated with a healthcare organization’s bottom line, a report from research firm Cognitive Market Research projects that the healthcare cybersecurity industry will hit $52.54 billion by 2030.

An error led to some patient information from John Muir Health Walnut Creek (Calif.) Medical to have been accessed by an unauthorized party, JDSupra reported April 18. 

A patient whose nude breast cancer photos were posted online by a hacker group is asking Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network to pay the $5 million ransom to have them removed, The Wall Street Journal reported April 19.

Only 39 percent of healthcare workers said they look at their organization’s security protocols before introducing a new tool or technology, according to an April 13 survey from Salesforce.