Protected health information

HIT Think How IT helps nurses improve care in midst of major changes

Cathy Turner, MBA, RN-BC
Associate vice president MEDITECH

EHRs and other technologies are better enabling patient care professionals to spot potential patient care concerns and address social determinants of health.

Hospitals and clinics May 24

Hospitals and clinics May 24
Computer with patient info, checks stolen from Nebraska practice

Complete Family Medicine offers data protection advice, but has not disclosed the number of affected patients.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert April 30

Data breaches Joseph Goedert April 30
Ransomware attack affects 85,000 patients in LA

Malware hits three of five sites for orthopedic practice, but no patient information was accessed.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert April 27

Data breaches Joseph Goedert April 27
Phishing attack puts UnityPoint Health data at risk

The organization hasn’t released how many patients’ protected health information was exposed.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert April 16

Data breaches Joseph Goedert April 16
Hospital alerts 1,480 patients after employee grabs credit card info

Data theft occurred over a three-year period and allegedly was used to make personal purchases.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert April 11

Data breaches Joseph Goedert April 11
New Jersey regulators sanction practice after breach

Misconfigured server at Virtua Medical Group leaves data of patients accessible on the Internet.

State regulators Joseph Goedert April 5

State regulators Joseph Goedert April 5
Years-old breach in metro Boston could affect thousands

Some credit card data may be at risk, Cambridge Health Alliance says.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert April 2

Data breaches Joseph Goedert April 2
Stolen laptop contained unencrypted information from 500 patients

Clinical Pathology Laboratories Southeast offers credit monitoring after September 2017 incident.

Data breaches Joseph Goedert March 23

Data breaches Joseph Goedert March 23
HIT Think How six key strategies can mitigate business associate risk

Anthony Murray
Vice president of information technology MRO

Improving due diligence and involving security teams in the selection process can ensure that supporting vendors can keep patient data safe.

HIPAA regulations March 16

HIPAA regulations March 16
Data of 33,420 BJC patients posted on Internet for 8 months

Security scan finds data server configuration error that exposed protected healthcare information.

Data security Joseph Goedert March 15

Data security Joseph Goedert March 15

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