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Patient Information Exposed Through Walgreens Covid-19 Test Registration System
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Unauthorized Individuals Accessed CareATC Email Accounts
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Health Net Penalized 55K for Late HIPAA Infringement Notice
Health Net, Connecticut-based insurance firm is to pay a penalty of $55,000 to the Office of Vermont Attorney General for HIPAA disobedience and failing to safeguard the information of the state’s...
UCLA Hospitals Receives $865K HIPAA Penalty for Lacking to Safeguard Superstar Medical Reports
The Division of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has penalized the UCLA Health System $865,500 for HIPAA breaches triggered by letting the medical reports of 2 superstar patients...
Negligence in Business Associate Security Results in 20K Patient HIPAA Infringement
As per a New York Times story circulated this week, the health reports of 20,000 patients of Stanford University Hospital in Palo Alto, Calif., have been announced online and available to the public...
Sutter Health Charged for 4.24M HIPAA Mega Infringement
Two class action litigations have now been registered versus the Sutter Health hospital system in Northern California following a theft at its administrative workplaces in Sacramento potentially...
Blue Cross Blue Shield to Reimburse HHS $1.5M for HIPAA Infringement
The Office for Civil Rights has accomplished its first implementation action developing from the HITECH Infringement Notice Rule and has penalized Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) for...
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NCCoE Publishes Final Cybersecurity Practice Guide on Mobile Application Solo Sign-On for First Responders
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at the National...
Insider Breach Affects Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital Patients
Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital (LIJFH) has begun informing a...
Data Breaches at Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute, Stillwater Medical Center and Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services
Arizona Asthma and Allergy Institute sent breach notification letters to...
Unauthorized Individuals Accessed CareATC Email Accounts
Population health management firm CareATC based in Tulsa, OK, has learned...
Florida Heart Associates Serving at 50% Capacity for 2 Months Since a Ransomware Attack
Florida Heart Associates based in Fort Myers, FL encountered a ransomware...
UofL Health and Jawonio Report Email Data Breaches
UofL Health has begun informing 42,465 patients regarding the sending of...
DuPage Medical Group Faces Lawsuit for July 2021 Ransomware Attack
Two DuPage Medical Group patients are filing a lawsuit against the...
Healthcare Employees Took Legal Action Against Amazon Alleging Alexa Devices Violated HIPAA
Four healthcare employees filed a lawsuit against Amazon because allegedly...
Social Media and HIPAA Compliance
Social media platforms including Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, and Instagram...
SonicWall Threat Report Indicates Substantial Growth in Ransomware Attacks
SonicWall publicized a Cyber Threat Report update last July, which affirmed...
UNM Health Data Breach Impacts Over 637,000 Individuals
UNM Health found out that an unauthorized third party acquired access to its...
Phishing Attacks at Academic HealthPlans and Wayne County Hospital
Academic HealthPlans, Inc. (AHP) learned that an unauthorized person has...
