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OIG calls on HHS to strengthen cybersecurity across divisions
In an annual report, OIG highlighted persistent healthcare cybersecurity challenges and urged HHS to unify its approach to cybersecurity across the department.
Enthusiasm for passwordless authentication grows, but adoption lags
More than 80% of surveyed health IT leaders view passwordless authentication as very important to healthcare, yet just 7% have fully implemented it.
PharMerica settles data breach lawsuit for $5.2M
Long-term care pharmacy network PharMerica suffered a data breach in 2023 that impacted more than 5.8 million individuals.
University of Hawaii Cancer Center discloses ransomware attack
The University of Hawaii Cancer Center told state regulators that it paid a ransom to obtain a decryption tool and secure stolen patient data.
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Latest News
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OCR settles 54th HIPAA right of access case
Occupational health services provider Concentra will pay OCR $112,500 to resolve alleged HIPAA right of access failures.
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Providers urge HHS to scrap proposed HIPAA Security Rule updates
Over 100 provider organizations signed a letter urging HHS to rescind its proposed updates to the HIPAA Security Rule and instead work with the industry to develop cybersecurity standards.
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Mirion Medical issues patches for five high-severity vulnerabilities
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities found in Mirion Medical's EC2 Software NMIS BioDose software could allow attackers to gain access to sensitive information, CISA said.
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Kaiser settles class-action web tracking lawsuit for $46M
Kaiser Permanente's health plan settled a class action lawsuit concerning a 2024 breach that stemmed from its alleged use of web trackers within its websites and patient portals.
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Updated contract language template tackles medtech security blind spots
HSCC's updated model contract language template aims to improve the relationship between healthcare organizations and medical device manufacturers by clarifying cybersecurity obligations.
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Report: Healthcare cyberattacks surge on holidays, weekends
Cyberthreat actors are taking advantage of the reduced cybersecurity staffing that often comes along with holidays, weekends and material corporate events, data shows.
Features
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After Texas ruling, states seek to fill reproductive health data privacy gaps
In the absence of federal protections, legal experts have their eyes on states laws that dictate how companies can interact with reproductive health data.
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Securing healthcare data in preparation for a post-quantum era
A post-quantum world may seem far off, but experts say that healthcare leaders should begin planning now to ensure that health data is protected.
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Preparing EHR systems for ransomware attacks
Experts weigh in on how proactive cybersecurity planning protects your patients.
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Insider threats: How health systems can stop EHR snooping
Cyber threats can come from within a hospital's workforce, and proper training is required to stop them from stealing valuable patient data in electronic health records.