Data breaches

HIT Think How the healthcare industry is learning from data breaches

Matthew Fisher
Associate Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP

The number of incidents has risen rapidly in recent years, but organizations are learning from their mistakes and making improvements.

Data security August 16

Data security August 16
Hackers hit dermatology practice through cloud vendor

Alabama specialists offering patients identity protection after unauthorized access to data.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert August 15

Data breaches Joseph Goedert August 15
Web Seminar Who’s there? How verifying patient identities can prevent fraud and improve the patient experience

Aug 24, 2:00pm Recent studies have shown that the healthcare industry leads the way in the number of patient records breached or hacked to the tune of more than 1.5 million American records so far in 2017.

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Contractor breach affects data of 18,500 Anthem members

Forensic study finds an employee of a business associate of the insurer accessed PHI.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert August 1

Data breaches Joseph Goedert August 1
Ransomware attack hits South Dakota plastic surgery practice

Information of about 10,000 patients was affected; practice offers credit, identity protection.

Ransomware Joseph Goedert July 31

Ransomware Joseph Goedert July 31
OCR updates health data breach reporting tool

Revised site provides additional resources to help improve security posture of healthcare organizations.

Data breaches Greg Slabodkin July 27

Data breaches Greg Slabodkin July 27
Tewksbury Hospital fires employee after long-term snooping

Access to the records of about 1,100 patients is said to have taken place over 14 years.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert July 24

Data breaches Joseph Goedert July 24
Ransomware hits Cleveland Medical, affects data of 22,000 patients

Five-clinician practice offers identity protection, implements new records system.

Ransomware Joseph Goedert July 7

Ransomware Joseph Goedert July 7
Insider theft compromises data of rehab center residents

Former worker gathered information on about 800 patients at post-acute center.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert July 5

Data breaches Joseph Goedert July 5
Eligibility verification snafu hits Carbondale Memorial

Vendor sent PHI to the wrong providers; 600 affected patients offered protective services.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert June 28

Data breaches Joseph Goedert June 28

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