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HHS: Web Trackers in Patient Portals Violate HIPAA
Federal regulators warned healthcare entities over commercial web traffic trackers embedded into patient portals, saying their use may violate patient privacy law.
Hospitals must do more to improve cybersecurity | HLTH Conference
Las Vegas - When Clearwater CEO Steve Cagle was asked if hospitals are improving their cybersecurity or if they still had a long road to go, he simply said, “Yes.”
New healthcare privacy challenges as online data tracking, sharing methods evolve
With security concerns, including a potential breach and a class-action suit, around Meta Pixel and other web tracking tools, health systems should be considering "all the ways PHI may be used, disclosed and accessed," says a former OCR investigator.
Anesthesiology Services Firm Faces 5 Class Action Lawsuits
Proposed class action lawsuits are stacking up against a New York anesthesiology administrative services firm for its July hacking incident that affected about 450,000 patients nationwide.
Healthcare’s Pixel problem: Meta-based marketing projects spur privacy questions
Reports that Meta’s Pixel tool was scraping health data from hospital websites has led to patient outcry, multiple massive breach reports from healthcare entities, denial from Facebook, and more than 50 lawsuits over the alleged privacy violations.
Healthcare Sector Urged to Address OpenSSL Flaws
Healthcare organizations should be ready to find and patch instances of OpenSSL 3.0, warn cybersecurity experts.
Never pay the ransom — a cybersecurity CEO explains why
Ransomware attacks still plague our healthcare system. Steve Cagle’s cybersecurity company is trying to prevent them.
Cyber experts hope CommonSpirit’s crippling attack will spur hospitals to tighten defenses—and government to play offense
CommonSpirit Health continues to respond to and recover from a cyberattack that began in early October, which the health system is now classifying as a ransomware attack.
Ransomware Attack Has Varying Impacts Across CommonSpirit Facilities
CommonSpirit Health is still recovering from a ransomware attack that impacted multiple facilities across the health system.
What happens behind the scenes during a hospital ransomware attack
One of the nation's largest health systems, Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health, has been dealing with a ransomware incident that has led to EHR outages and canceled appointments.
Ransomware attack impacted some CommonSpirit sites, but few details released
Health confirms that only a portion of its 700 care sites and 142 hospitals in 21 states have been impacted by the ransomware attack and subsequent IT and network outages.
Clearwater Executive Chairman Bob Chaput Is Recognized As NACD Directorship Certified®
Stop the Cyber Bleeding Author's Certification from the National Association of Corporate Directors Further ...
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