A class action lawsuit has been settled by Magellan Health on behalf of approximately 273,000 patients who had their protected health information exposed in a…
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Richmond, Texas-based Oakbend Medical Center has recently announced that they have experienced a ransomware attack. On September 1, 2022, the healthcare provider discovered a file…
Syracuse-based Practice Resources has announced that they have recently experienced a data breach involving the protected health information of 924,138 individuals. Practice Resources is a…
Detroit, Michigan-based law firm Warner Norcross and Judd (WNJ) has reported a data breach to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) affecting the…
Parma-based Health Aid of Ohio has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit to resolve claims made by individuals who had their information exposed in…
A class action lawsuit filed against Missouri-based BJC Healthcare has resulted in a settlement. The nonprofit healthcare provider has agreed to create a fund to…
A recent report issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that Medicare recipients who reside…
A class action lawsuit filed against the Urology Center of Colorado has reach a settlement agreement. The lawsuit was filed against the healthcare provider in…
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Morristown-based Lamoille Health Partners following a ransomware attack involving the PHI of 59,381 patients. On June 13,…
A class action lawsuit against California-based Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare has resulted in a $340,000 settlement. The healthcare provider will establish the fund to resolve…
2,651,396 people have now been impacted by the ransomware attack on OneTouchPoint, a mailing and printing company located in Hartland, Wisconsin. Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative…
An alert has been issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Cybersecuirty Program (HC3) warning organizations in the health sector of the…
A study published in JAMA Psychiatry has revealed that opioid use disorder-related telehealth care during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with lower chance of a…
A warning has been issued by the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) to advise the healthcare and public health sector (HPH) of the dangers…
A lawsuit has been filed against Wilsonville-based Avamere Holdings for a data breach affecting 96 senior living facilities and involved the release of the protected…
A lawsuit has been filed to data broker Kochava by the U.S. Federal Trade Commision (FTC) for its alleged unlawful collection of geolocation user data,…
LastPass, a global leader in password management solutions, has reported a data breach as the result of a cyberattack. LastPass is employed by approximately 30…
A warning has been issued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Hea;tj Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) to advise healthcare organizations about a…
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Humana & Cotiviti after a data breach that disclosed the personal information of 64,654 individuals. The breach…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s primary enforcer, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has recently settled a violation case with the New England…
Henderson & Walton Women’s Center P.C. (HWWC) has recently announced that it has experienced a data breach involving the exposure of the protected health information…
Vermont-based Lamoille has recently announced that they have experienced a ransomware attack involving PHI of 59,381 patients. On June 13, 2022, Lamoille Health Partners detected…
A recent survey conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Savvy Cooperative has revealed that patients are extremely concerned about the lack of…
A recent study published in the Cell Press Journal has detailed how health information applications are sending health information to Facebook and other social media…
The US Food and Drug Administration has recently awarded 501(k) clearance to Visibly for their self-administered online visual test. The Visibly Digital Acuity Product is…
Florida Orthopaedic Institute (FOI) has agreed to a $4 million settlement for a class-action lawsuit regarding a data breach affecting approximately 640,000 individuals. In June…
Novant Health has recently issued a notification reporting a data breach has occurred involving the PHI of over 1.36 million patients. The unauthorized disclosure of…
A recent study published in JAMA Open Network has found that prompt action taken immediately following the detection of unauthorized access to protected health information…
Telehealth solution provider, Let’s Talk, has announced that it has achieved full HIPAA compliance. The statement, issued on April 13, 2022, confirmed that the provider…
A report issued by Deloitte has found that 70 percent of US citizens believe that wearables have improved their health and fitness. As a result…
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Dental Care Alliance as the result of a data breach affecting 1.7 million individuals. Dental Care Alliance…
Fast Track Urgent Care, a network of urgent healthcare clinics based in Florida, has recently announced that it has experienced a data breach affecting 259,411…
Aetna ACE has recently announced it has been subject to a ransomware attack on a mailing vendor. The data breach involves the unauthorized disclosure of…
A recent study published in the Annals of Family Medicine has revealed that telehealth sufficiently supported abortion services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the…
A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found that remote patient monitoring has significantly increased among Medicare recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic. From…
A recent study published in JMIR Medical Informatics has demonstrated that an increase in telehealth use may lead to an increase in after-hours work for…
A recent study published in JMIR has found that an mHealth application is a suitable method for treating type 2 diabetes patients’ short-term glycemic control….
Professional Finance Company, a Greely, Colorado-based accounts receivable management company has announced that they experienced a ransomware attack in February 2022. The payment vendor provides…
The Cloud Security Alliance has released guidelines advising how healthcare organizations can manage risks to data security posed by third party vendors. Business associates of…
The Department of Health and Human Service’ Office for Civil Rights has recently announced a further 11 financial penalties to HIPAA-regulated entities who have failed…
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Meta regarding the unlawful collection of sensitive patient information via hospital websites. The lawsuit has come days…
A recent investigation conducted by The Markup has been released uncovering how Meta is using an analytics tool on approximately a third of the U.S.’s…