FSMB Updates Guidelines For Telehealth Providers
The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) has updated its guidelines for how healthcare professionals can maintain suitable telehealth use, including acknowledging ethical codes, safeguarding…
Study Finds Similiar Adverse Event Rates Among In-Home And Remote Physician Visits
Although the recent expansion of remote care is commonly seen as advantageous for patients and providers, concerns persist regarding its advantages over traditional in-home care…
Study Finds Telehealth Provides Safe Abortion Services To Vulnerable Women
According to a recent research in The Lancet, medical abortions may be performed safely and successfully through telehealth without a standard ultrasound scan. The study,…
BPC Offers Policy Solutions To Telehealth Legislators
A report has been issued by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) that describes patterns in Medicare utilization and makes suggestions to policymakers in order to…
CDC Report Finds U.S. Adults Continued To Use Telehealth In 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discovered that several demographics, mostly adults, maintained substantial levels of involvement in telehealth after evaluating telehealth use…
Samsung Partners With HealthTap To Provide Healthcare Via Smart TVs
Samsung has partnered with leading virtual primary care provider HealthTap to help provide virtual healthcare directly to Samsung Smart TVs in the U.S. HealthTap typically…
Study Investigates The Effect Of Ransomware Attacks On The Health Sector
A recent study has been conducted by Trend Micro to investigate the effect ransomware attacks are having on organizations in the health sector. Ransomware attacks…
Endocrine Society Offers Guidance On Appropriate Telehealth Uses To Medical Providers
Telehealth visits are anticipated to continue playing a significant role in endocrine care after experiencing a dramatic rise during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to…
Study Finds Video Observation Effective For Take-Home Methadone Dosing
A recent study published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment has found evidence to support video observation as a method of methadone take-home dosing….
HC3 Warns Health Sector Of Treat Actor’s Abuse Of Legitimate Software And Security Tools
The U.S. Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has recently released a white paper to raise the health sector’s awareness about living-off-the-land techniques threat actors…
Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against West Virgina-Based Mon Health
A class action lawsuit has been filed West Virginia-based Mon Health following a data breach where an unauthorized third party had accessed its network for…
Canadian-Based Netwalker Ransomware Affiliate Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison
A member of the Netwalker ransomware gang has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and is ordered to pay a forfeit of $21,500,000 for…
Study Finds Post-Pandemic Telehealth Addresses Shortcomings In Healthcare Delivery
A study recently published by athenahealth has found that telehealth is addressing shortcomings in delivering healthcare after evolving from COVID-19 pandemic visit replacement methods. By…
FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Tracker Finds Regional Changes In Telehealth Use
The FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker has found that telehealth use varies per region in the United States’s southeast. The Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker,…
LifeBridge Health Inc. Settles Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit For $9.475M
A data breach class action lawsuit has been settled by LifeBridge Health Inc. to resolve claims made by individuals impacted by a data breach in…
OIG Advises NIH to Improve Health Grant Program Cybersecurity Requirements
An audit conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General has found that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has…
Data Breaches Reported By Family Health Centers And Reelfoot Family Walk-in Clinic
Texas-based primary care clinic network Family Health Centers (FMC) has recently notified the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of a data breach involving…
Health Care Company Magellan Health Settles Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit For $1.43M
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…
ATA Explores Post-Pandemic Telehealth Use
Following U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Telehealth Association (ATA) is collaborating with Congress and a number of government…
HC3 Warns Health Sector Of Threat Actor Group APT41
The United States Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has warned the health sector of a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor named APT41. The U.S. government…
Iowa-based Wolfe Eye Clinic Reports Data Breach Affecting Over 540,000 Patients
Iowa-based Wolfe Eye Clinic has issued a breach notification to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights reporting a data…
OCR Settles resolves 3 HIPAA Right of Access Violation Cases
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced the conclusion of three investigations into alleged violations of the…
Ohio’s Bricker & Eckler Law Firm Settles Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit For $1.95M
Ohio-based law firm Bricker & Eckler LLP has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit following a data breach affecting 420,532 individuals. The law firm…
Study Finds U.S. Physician Burnout Increased During Pandemic
A recent study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings has found that the burnout rate among physicians is at an all time high following the COVID-19…
New-York’s Empress EMS Suffers Ransomware Attack
The New York-based Ambulance Service, Empress Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has recently experienced a ransomware attack. On July 14, 2022, the EMS provider discovered some…
Ambry Genetics Settles Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit For $12.25M
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Ambry Genetics for $12.25 million following a data breach affecting 232,772 patients. The lawsuit stems from an…
Research Raises Privacy Concerns Over Abortion Clinic Websites’ Tracking Tool Use
A recent researcher letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found third-party tracking tools on 99 percent of examined abortion clinic websites. Concerns have been…
Texas-based Oakbend Medical Center Suffers Ransomware Attack
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 Suffers Data Breach Affecting 924,138 Individuals
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…
Law Firm Warner Norcross and Judd Suffers Data Breach Affecting Over 255 Individuals
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…
Health Aid Of Ohio Settles Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit
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…
BJC Healthcare Agrees To Data Breach Lawsuit Settlement
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…
Report Finds Medicare Recipients From Urban Areas Were More Likely To Benefit From Telehealth During Pandemic
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…
Urology Center Of Colorado Settles Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit
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…
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Lamoille Health Partners For Data Breach Of 60,000 Patients
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,…
Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare Settles Data Breach Class Action Lawsuit For $340,000
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…
OneTouchPoint Data Breach Reaches 2.65M Individuals
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…
HC3 Warns Health Organizations Of Hive Ransomware Gang
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…
Study Finds Telehealth Reduced Opioid Risk During Pandemic
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…
HC3 Warns Health Sector Of Cybercriminal Gang Evil Corp
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…
Lawsuit Filed Against Avamere Holdings For Data Breach Affecting 380,000 Individuals
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…
FTC Sues Data Broker Kochava For Selling User Location Data
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,…
Global Password Management Provider Reports Data Breach
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…
HC3 Warns Healthcare Organizations Of Ransomware Group
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…
Humana & Cotiviti Settle Class Action Data Breach Lawsuit Affecting 64,654 Members
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…
NDELC Settles HIPAA Violation Case For $300,640
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…
Alabama-Based Women’s Center Suffers Data Breach Involving 34,000 Patients
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…
Data Breach at Lamoille Health Partners Affects 59,381 Patients
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…
Survey Finds Patients Extemely Concerned About PHI Privacy Protection
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…
Study Explains How Health Apps Share Health Information To Social Media Sites
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…