OCR Settles 19th HIPAA Right of Access Case
Since 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has brought a number of enforcement actions against healthcare providers for their failure to [...]
2.6 Million Patients Affected by April Healthcare Breaches
Each month, we review the breaches occurring in the previous month to determine what the leading cause of that month’s breaches are. April healthcare breaches affected 2,623,378 [...]
7 Tips to Improving Healthcare Security
Ransomware attacks continue to rise, especially those targeting healthcare organizations. Hackers often target healthcare organizations in ransomware attacks to disrupt operations in hopes that the organization will pay a [...]
Einstein Healthcare Class Action Lawsuit Alleges PHI Breach
Recently, a healthcare class action lawsuit was filed against Einstein Healthcare. The lead plaintiff in the healthcare lawsuit is patient Nanette Katz. In August of 2020, Einstein was the [...]
Healthcare Vendor Ransomware Attack Stalls Cancer Treatments, 170 Health Systems Hit
On April 20, 2021, Elekta, a cancer software provider, was targeted by a healthcare ransomware attack. Through the attack, hackers were able to access Elekta’s cloud-based software, used to [...]
March Healthcare Breaches Affected 2.9 Million Patients
We have reached the time of the month where we take a look at the previous month’s healthcare breaches. March saw a whopping 62 healthcare breaches, affecting 2,913,084 [...]
Large Volume of Patient PHI Discovered on GitHub Website
GitHub is an open-source software development hosting website, with millions of developers building and maintaining their software on the platform. In December of 2020, GitHub was notified by security [...]
OCR Fines Village Plastic Surgery for Stretching HIPAA Right of Access Rule
In late March of 2021, the Department of Health and Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) settled with New Jersey-based Village Plastic Surgery (VPS) for a potential violation [...]
12 Tips to Improve Healthcare Security
With 1.2 million patients affected by February 2021 healthcare breaches, healthcare security should be at the top of mind for organizations working with patient information. Therefore, healthcare and [...]
$65,000 Right of Access Violation Settlement
The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights recently announced its seventeenth settlement of an enforcement action under its HIPAA Right of Access Initiative. The [...]
