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$550K recouped from New York medical company for failing to protect PHI
The New York attorney general's office recouped $550,000 from New York medical company Professional Business Systems — doing business as Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions and PBS Medcode Corp. — for failing to protect consumers' health records. -
Norton Healthcare working through backlog of MyChart messages after cyber event
Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare said it is continuing to work through a backlog of MyChart messages as well as delays in network-related capabilities after a cyber event forced it to temporarily shut down its email and internet access, WDRB reported May 23. -
Patient wants cyber-suit against Lehigh Valley Health to stay alive
A Lehigh Valley Health Network patient, whose breast cancer treatment photos were posted to the dark web by a Russian ransomware gang after a cyberattack at the health system, is trying to keep her lawsuit against the Allentown, Pa.-based system alive, Law360 reported May 22. -
Iowa hospital discloses data breach
Osceola, Iowa-based Clarke County Hospital is notifying current and former patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised after an unauthorized third-party accessed its network. -
10 hospitals, health systems dealing with data breaches
Here are 10 hospitals and health systems dealing with cybersecurity events, data breaches and cyberattacks as reported by Becker's since May 16: -
Amazon's PillPack suffers data breach
Amazon's PillPack is notifying consumers that an unauthorized person took customer emails and passwords to log into 19,032 PillPack accounts. -
Why Tennessee medical center shut down for a week after cyberattack
The CEO who had to shut down his Tennessee medical center to deal with a cyberattack said it was one the hardest things he's ever had to do in healthcare, WKRN reported. -
Radiology group sues cyber insurer after policy lapsed right before ransomware attack
A North Carolina radiology group is suing its cyber insurance carrier after its coverage lapsed two days before it suffered a ransomware attack, The Wall Street Journal reported May 18. -
Indiana hospital says patient records were removed from shredding bin
Northwest Health-La Porte (Ind.) filed a data breach notice on May 2 disclosing that patient records were illegally removed from shredding bins at one of its old facilities, JD Supra reported May 18. -
MU Health Care says snooping employee accessed EHRs
Columbia, Mo.-based University of Missouri Health Care learned that an employee had been inappropriately accessing patient electronic health records between July 2021 and March 2023. -
Texas health system PHI compromised following phishing attack
Edinburg-based South Texas Health System is notifying patients that some of their protected health information may have been compromised when an unauthorized party accessed a business associate's email account using a phishing tactic. -
Lehigh Valley notifies 627 patients affected by February ransomware attack
Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network has started notifying patients affected by a February ransomware attack. -
Kaiser pixel lawsuit prompts allegations against Microsoft
Microsoft and software company Qualtrics are facing a patient-led lawsuit that alleges that the company's online analytics technologies violates health privacy protection laws, according to a May 15 lawsuit obtained by Becker's. -
UMass Memorial Medical Center settles data breach suit for $1.2M
UMass Memorial Medical Center has paid $1.2 million to settle a March 2022 lawsuit regarding a data breach of its payroll management system Kronos, Telegram & Gazette reported May 16. -
Norton Healthcare hit with demands from hackers after cyber event
The FBI has stepped in to help investigate a cybersecurity event at Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare, CBS affiliate WLKY reported May 17. -
Data breach at credit agency may impact several Virginia hospitals
A breach at Credit Control Corp., a Virginia-based credit reporting agency, may affect several hospitals, health systems and healthcare practices in the state. -
Senators look to protect rural hospitals from cyberattacks
Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., and Gary Peters, D-Miss., introduced new legislation that would require the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to develop a rural hospital protection strategy. -
Kentucky hospital launches probe into cybersecurity incident
Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Healthcare said its information services and cybersecurity experts have launched an investigation into a cybersecurity event that forced the hospital to shut down its email and internet access. -
5 health systems experiencing cyberattacks
Here are five hospitals and health systems dealing with cyberattacks Becker's has reported on since May 5: -
Tennessee medical center's patient portal still down amid cyberattack
Murfreesboro (Tenn.) Medical Clinic & SurgiCenter said it has begun resuming all appointments at its clinics and main campus, but said its patient portal is still down due to an ongoing cyberattack.
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