Data Breach of Four Californian Medical Groups Leaves 3.3MM Patients Vulnerable

A class action lawsuit has been named against four Californian medical groups, alleging that they failed to take reasonable and appropriate cybersecurity precautions, leading to a cyberattack and data breach involving the private information and protected health information of 3,300,638 current and former patients. The lawsuit asserts that the cyberattack and data breach were predictable and could have—and should have—been avoided. The [...]

2023-06-02T12:17:19-04:00March 27th, 2023|

Hospital Data Breaches and Patient Deaths

Researchers for the journal Health Services Research recently conducted a study to determine whether there is a relationship between hospital data breaches and patient deaths. Of particular interest was whether or not remediation efforts for hospital data breaches diminished the quality of hospital care.  Remediation Efforts for Hospital Data Breaches: Related to Quality of Patient Care? A hospital data breach is the unauthorized acquisition, access, use, or disclosure, in [...]

2023-04-06T14:24:21-04:00December 19th, 2019|