HIPAA Journal

DECEMBER 1, 2022

One Brooklyn Health System is currently dealing with a cyberattack that has caused disruption at its three hospitals – Interfaith Medical Center, Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, and Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center. Patient Information Stolen in Dallam Hartley Counties Hospital District Cyberattack.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 14, 2022

Capital Region Medical Center (CRMC) in Jefferson City, MO has recently confirmed patient information was accessed by unauthorized individuals in a December 2021 cyberattack that took its network and phone systems offline for several days. CRMC said it has found no evidence to date to indicate any patient information has been misused.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 30, 2022

That process concluded on February 25, 2022, when it was confirmed that files containing the personal and protected health information of plan members had been exfiltrated from its network. While it was confirmed that files were exfiltrated from its systems, LEHB said it is unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of members’ information.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 9, 2022

Over 500,000 individuals have been affected by cyberattacks on Norwood Clinic, PracticeMax, Central Indiana Orthopedics, and an unauthorized electronic medical record incident at Ascension Michigan. The potentially compromised data included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and limited health information.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Luke’s Health has recently notified 16,906 patients that some of their protected health information has been exposed in a security incident at a vendor that provides consulting services. The protected health information of 20,526 employees of Wenco Management, LLC, has been exposed and potentially obtained by unauthorized individuals.

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Electronic Medical Records Ransomware HIPAA Licensing 75

HIT Consultant

AUGUST 23, 2022

Any medical data stored in the cloud is accessible from multiple locations. So, anything ranging from a patient’s personal health information (PHI) to a clinician or doctor’s digital identity is a lot more vulnerable to cyberattacks. For example, a doctor uses their digital identity to log into a patient’s medical record.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 8, 2023

Paul Hoffman – has had his access to the electronic medical record system terminated. The types of information accessed included names, demographic information, and treatment information. The types of information accessed included names, demographic information, and treatment information.

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HIPAA Journal

JUNE 16, 2022

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has confirmed that the protected health information of 1,290,104 patients was compromised in a data breach at its electronic medical record vendor, Eye Care Leaders. Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness Reports Medical Record Breach.

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HIPAA Journal

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

HHS says the protected health information of up to 9,972 patients was stored on the compromised systems, and included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, health insurance information, and medical information. The website was operated by vendor Intermap Holdings.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 8, 2022

Further information has been released on two cyberattacks on healthcare organizations: Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine and Behavioral Health Group. The investigation confirmed that the electronic medical record system was not affected, but files containing patients’ protected health information had been exfiltrated from its systems.

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HIPAA Journal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

in Iowa has recently confirmed that it was affected by the data breach at the electronic medical record provider, Eye Care Leaders. The attack exposed the protected health information of 542,776 current and former Wolfe Clinic patients. Wolfe Clinic, P.C The Hive ransomware gang claimed responsibility for the attack.

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Electronic Medical Records Ransomware Fraud HIPAA 73

Compliancy Group

JANUARY 6, 2022

Healthcare information management company Ciox announced they have begun notifying business associates following an employee email breach of protected health information (PHI) affecting the patients of at least 32 healthcare providers nationwide. Breach notification is required as part of complete HIPAA compliance.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 2, 2022

Unauthorized individuals gained access to systems at Kaye-Smith, which contained information such as patient names, insured names, addresses, phone numbers, ID numbers, dates of birth, descriptions of services, amounts billed, outstanding balances, payment due dates, account statuses, and the last five digits of Social Security numbers.

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AIHC

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Case #1 : A 56-year-old man being treated for hypertension and diabetes requested a copy of his medical records before moving to a different state. The clinic staff gathered the necessary information, and before providing it to the patient, left the file on a physician’s desk for review. Read the article in full.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Logan Health Medical Center in Kalispell, MT, has recently started notifying certain patients that hackers gained access to a file server that housed patient information in “a highly sophisticated criminal attack.”. The intrusion was limited to a single file server and its electronic medical records were not compromised.

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Total HIPAA

MARCH 29, 2023

In this blog post, we review nine email encryption vendors ( Barracuda, Egress, Hushmail, Indentillect, LuxSci, MailHippo, NeoCertified, Protected Trust, ProtonMail, Rmail, & Virtru ) who provide HIPAA compliant email encryption services that will keep your information safe when in transit. Setup takes less than 30 minutes.

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Total HIPAA

APRIL 20, 2020

In this blog post, we review nine email encryption vendors ( Barracuda, Egress, Hushmail, Indentillect, MailHippo, LuxSci, Protected Trust, Rmail, & Virtru ) who provide HIPAA compliant email encryption services that will keep your information safe when in transit. Barracuda – HIPAA Compliant Email Encryption Service.

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