Hospitals' risk of data breach doubles just before, after merger A recent analysis of 2010-2022 data found that the year before and after mergers close are particularly risky for hospitals. ByDave MuoioAug 7, 2023 10:30am Payers Data on 1.7M Oregon Health Plan members exposed in breach ...
Kansas-based McPherson Hospital recentlynotified19,020 individuals of a healthcare data breach. According to the May 4 notice, McPherson Hospital fell victim to a ransomware attack on July 12, 2022, in which an unauthorized party accessed and disabled some of its systems. Upon discov...
Data for 2 million patients stolen in largest healthcare breach so far of 2022 Two million patients from nearly 60 healthcare providers were recently informed that their data was stolen after the hack of a third-party vendor,Shields HealthCare Group. Shields Health provides MRI, PET...
inClemens v. ExecuPharm, Inc.in 2022, the Third Circuit held that a plaintiff whose data had been stolen but who had not yet suffered any actual financial loss still could plead an "imminent injury" because there was a substantial risk of harm. ...
The digital health sector faces increasing scrutiny as data privacy concerns heighten among consumers and policymakers alike. All eyes are now on the **Consolidated Change Healthcare Data Breach Lawsuit**, which recently commenced its initial conference,
In 2023, the most significant healthcare data breach incident in the United States was the HCA Healthcare breach.
Recently, 11 million HCA healthcare patients in the United States had their data exposed in a breach of the provider's network infrastructure. "This appears to be a theft from an external storage location exclusively used to automate the formatting of email messages," HCA officials said in a...
In 2023, the average cost of a healthcare data breach rose to an all-time high of more than $10 million. It’s clear that data security is paramount when it comes to advancing healthcare outcomes. But a comprehensive strategy isn’t just about data—it encompasses the map mechanism ...
The huge number of data breach reports clearly shows the data security and privacy deficiencies, which can be addressed using blockchain technology (HHS Proposes, 2019). As a matter of fact, implementing a score EHR access control method highly depends on supporting identification, authentication, ...
to continue. It is expected of decentralized systems to be more vulnerable to these attacks but ensuring proper security protocols are in place, patient sensitive data can be protected. Integrating multi-factor authentication and consistent and strong firewalls can reduce the breach of data security....