All of Records Erased, Doctor’s Office Closes After Ransomware Attack
Brookside ENT & Hearing Services has permanently shut its doors after a devastating malware incident destroyed all of its electronic medical records. It is apparently the [...]
Phishing Attack Exposes 23,811 Patients’ PHI
The threat from phishing attacks are growing faster than ever before. Healthcare organizations now need to implement the appropriate security measures in order to protect their patient’s information, otherwise [...]
D.C. Attorney General Proposes Stricter Breach Notification Law
Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine is pushing to strengthen the data breach notification laws for D.C. residents. If protected health information (PHI) is released without their knowledge, [...]
$7.5 MM Class-Action Lawsuit Filed After UCLA Health Data Breach
Patients have filed suit against UCLA Health with a class-action settlement for $7.5 million after a data breach exposed their protected health information (PHI). UCLA first [...]
Wearable HIPAA Security Concerns Grow for mHealth Apps & Devices
Healthcare tech is moving more toward mHealth solutions for consumer use. Apple in particular has made major expansions into healthcare and mHealth technologies over the past [...]
Looking to Create a HIPAA Compliant App? Follow these steps!
As technology continues to develop, healthcare organizations are making the necessary advancements in their business to keep up with HIPAA compliant phone apps. And the current demand for the [...]
HIPAA Physical Security is Just as Important as Cybersecurity
There are many misconceptions when it comes to HIPAA and security controls for covered entities. While security is related to technical measures such as encryption, firewalls, and security risk [...]
Avoiding Cybersecurity Disaster: Lessons from the Top Security Breaches
Throughout the world, the frequency of cyberattacks is on the rise, with the US featuring as the largest victim. Typically, small- and mid-size businesses are at [...]
Missouri Email Data Breach Affects Thousands
Cybersecurity threats are continuing to impact how healthcare organizations operate on a daily basis. Choice Rehabilitation of Creve Coeur, MO, recently experienced this when an unauthorized individual hacked into [...]
3 Tips to Improve HIPAA Employee Monitoring: Guidelines for Employers
The healthcare industry has embraced some of the many changes to healthcare technology. But the benefits of convenience and quality care have been paired alongside growing [...]
