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2 patient lawsuits ask for millions in damages from CentroMed
San Antonio-based CentroMed is facing two patient-led lawsuits over a June 9 data breach that affected 350,000 individuals, San-Antonio Express News reported. -
Hospitals, health systems dealing with cybersecurity incidents
Here are four hospitals and health systems dealing with cyberattacks Becker's has reported on since Aug. 5: -
Michigan system IT outage affects billing, EHR
Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care's billing system and EHR was affected by a computer network shutdown after its IT security team found suspicious activity during routine monitoring, Detroit Free Press reported Sept. 5. -
Mississippi health system shuts down cyberattack in 17 minutes
Tupelo-based North Mississippi Health Services shut down a data breach within 17 minutes of its IT system being accessed, the health system said. -
New York hospitals report cyberattack
Two New York hospitals reported a cyberattack on Aug. 31 that disrupted operations, according to a report from 7 News. -
Mississippi system delaying surgeries as Epic EHR experiences outage
Ocean Springs, Miss.-based Singing River Health System said its Epic EHR system was hacked during a Aug. 21 cyberattack, hindering some of its day-to-day operations, WLOX reported Aug. 30. -
FBI takes down botnet group targeting healthcare
The FBI announced it has taken down Qakbot, a botnet network that enabled the attack on Prospect Medical Group, Bloomberg reported Aug. 29. -
75% of cyberattacks disrupt patient care
A survey of 1,100 cybersecurity, engineering, IT and networking professionals from healthcare organizations reported that 60 percent of cyberattacks have had a moderate or substantial impact on care delivery. -
Hospital Sisters, Prevea Health experiencing systemwide outage
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System and Green Bay, Wis.-based Prevea Health are experiencing sporadic phone access and have reported that their websites and computer applications have been experiencing an outage since Aug. 27, the Green Bay Press Gazette reported. -
Healthcare Innovation: A Safe and Secure Approach
Six Focus Areas to Address the Top Security Challenges Facing Healthcare Organizations Today. -
Why hospitals should prepare for a month of downtime after cyberattack
The Joint Commission says hospitals and health systems should prepare to be on downtime for at least a month following a cyberattack, The Wall Street Journal reported. -
Crozer Health heals systems after ransomware attack
Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health confirmed to Becker's that its computer systems are back online after an Aug. 3 ransomware attack on its parent company, Prospect Medical Holdings, rendered them offline. -
Texas hospital alerts 350,000 patients to data breach
San Antonio-based CentroMed is reporting a data breach affecting 350,000 individuals, according to a filing with the HHS. -
Mississippi health system, clinics still reeling from cybersecurity incident
Ocean Springs, Miss.-based Singing River Health System, its three hospitals and its medical clinics are still resorting to paper records as the organization was forced to take its systems offline due to a cyberattack, BankInfoSecurity reported Aug. 24. -
Connecticut hospital nurse says ransomware attack has affected payroll
A Eastern Connecticut Health Network nurse says staff are doing their best to make sense of their paychecks as their systems are still down due to a ransomware attack that started Aug. 3, WFSB reported Aug. 24. -
Ransomware gang reportedly selling Prospect Medical patient data
A ransomware gang is auctioning off Social Security numbers, passport information and health data from more than 500,000 patients and employees of Culver City, Calif.-based Prospect Medical Holdings, CyberNews reported Aug. 24. -
Hospitals, health systems experiencing cybersecurity incidents
Here are seven hospitals and health systems dealing with cyberattacks Becker's has reported on since Aug. 9: -
Appeals court rejects data privacy lawsuit against UChicago Medicine, Google
A federal appeals court has rejected a class-action lawsuit against University of Chicago Medicine and Google that claimed their predictive analytics partnership violated patient privacy. -
Tampa General faces 3 data breach lawsuits
Tampa (Fla.) General is facing three lawsuits for a May 31 data breach that affected 1.2 million patients, Florida Record reported Aug. 22. -
How much health systems are paying to settle Pixel lawsuits
Hospitals and health systems around the country are being sued for their use of the Meta Pixel, which plaintiffs say shared their protected health information with the tech giant, allowing it to tailor ads based on their medical conditions.
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