Following a cyberattack on one of the nation's largest health insurers that's thrown health care payments into disarray and likely exposed reams of private patient data, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said ...
Mar 14, 2024
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Some patients of a Seattle-based cancer center received threatening emails following a data breach last month.
Dec 10, 2023
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IT security measures implemented following data breaches at hospitals may cost valuable time in delivering life-saving care, according to new research by Eric Johnson, Ralph Owen Dean and Bruce D. Henderson Professor of Strategy ...
Oct 8, 2019
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Your personal identity may fall at the mercy of sophisticated hackers on many websites, but when it comes to health data breaches, hospitals, doctors offices and even insurance companies are oftentimes the culprits.
Nov 19, 2018
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Health plans—entities that cover the costs of medical care—accounted for the greatest number of patient records breached over the past seven years, according to an analysis of U.S. health care data conducted by two Massachusetts ...
Sep 25, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Data breaches can happen to small medical practices, but staff can take steps to prevent them, according to an article published in Medical Economics.
Aug 23, 2018
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(HealthDay)—The growing threat of hacking is increasing the number of physicians buying cyber insurance, according to an article published in Medical Economics.
Aug 9, 2018
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(HealthDay)—Data breaches affecting health care systems or their partners need to be addressed quickly, according to an article published in Medical Economics.
Jun 13, 2018
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A new study examines how well families that donate tissue to a biobank—or decide not to donate—understand the risk and implications of a potential confidentiality breach. The technology to acquire genome sequence data ...
Apr 5, 2017
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Between 2010 and 2013, data breaches of protected health information reported by HIPAA-covered entities increased and involved approximately 29 million records, with most data breaches resulting from overt criminal activity, ...
Apr 14, 2015
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