HIPAA Journal

JULY 20, 2022

June 2022 saw 70 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) – two fewer than May and one fewer than June 2021. For the third successive month, the number of exposed or compromised records has increased. Eye Care Leaders ransomware attack.

Electronic Medical Records 107

Electronic Medical Records Ransomware HIPAA Hospitals 107

Compliancy Group

JUNE 29, 2022

In early December of 2021, Eye Care Leaders (Eye Care), an electronic medical record vendor supplying business associate services to eye care providers across the country, discovered it had incurred a data breach. Eye Care’s myCare Integrity solution was hacked via a ransomware attack on December 4, 2021. .

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Electronic Medical Records HIPAA Compliance 98

HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 11, 2022

Between January 1, 2022, and June 30, 2022, 347 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) – the same number of data breaches reported in 2H, 2021. The number of healthcare records breached has continued to fall. In 1H, 2021, 27.6

HIPAA 119

HIPAA Ransomware Electronic Medical Records Compliance 119

HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

which does business as PJ&A NV Business Associate 8,952,212 Hackers access to its network between March 27, 2023, and May 2, 2023 Managed Care of North America (MCNA) GA Business Associate 8,861,076 Ransomware attack with data leak (LockBit ransomware group) Welltok, Inc.

Ransomware 118

Ransomware HIPAA Hospitals Compliance 118

HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The 25.75% percentage decrease from July 2022 was accompanied by a significant reduction in breached records, which dropped almost 30% month over month. 18 healthcare data breaches of 10,000 or more records were reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights in August 2022, which have been summarized in the table below. Network Server.

Ransomware 97

Ransomware HIPAA Electronic Medical Records Compliance 97

Compliancy Group

JANUARY 25, 2023

In 2021, 15 percent of the breaches tracked by ITRC affected healthcare companies. Cyberattacks continued to be criminals’ weapons of choice, with 1,595 breaches in 2022, a slight decrease from 1,613 in 2021, with drops year-over-year in the number of breaches attributed to phishing, ransomware, and malware.

HIPAA 119

HIPAA Electronic Medical Records Due Diligence Compliance 119