Articles Tagged With: cybersecurity
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Data Breaches on the Rise
Data breaches continue to increase in number, and healthcare organizations still are a top target. The attacks are becoming more sophisticated as they focus on healthcare employees’ private devices used away from work.
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Ransomware Goes Postal: Why Healthcare Should Take Notice
Healthcare organizations across the country recently received extortion demands through the mail claiming that their organization’s data had been stolen and demanding $250,000 to $350,000 in Bitcoin within 10 days.
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Consider Diversifying Vendors to Combat Cyber Incidents
With cyber threats continuing to plague healthcare organizations, risk managers may need to look at new strategies to protect their data.
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Healthcare Organizations Often Paying $1 Million for Cyberattacks
More than a quarter of organizations have suffered a financial loss of at least $1 million from cyberattacks.
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OCR Investigates Change Healthcare After Major Cyber Incident
In an unusual move signifying the severity of the huge cyberattack on Change Healthcare, a unit of UnitedHealth Group breach, the Office of Civil Rights is formally investigating the incident.
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Review Cyber Risk Insurance, Brace for Transparency Issues
Pay attention to your policies for cyber insurance or data liability when they come up for renewal or if you are in the process of obtaining them,
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Compliance Requirements Continue to Change, Need Close Attention
Healthcare compliance is a never-ending challenge, and the expectations change constantly. Staying abreast of new developments is essential. Some of the latest involve the False Claims Act, Medicare risk adjustments, and HIPAA enforcement.
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Adolescents Know More About Abortion Restrictions than Most Expect
Adolescents are fully aware and concerned about how abortion restrictions can affect them, and most use the internet and social media for information on abortion, new research shows.
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Hospital Crippled by Days-Long Cyberattack
Lurie Children’s Hospital, Chicago’s largest pediatric provider, experienced a cyberattack that crippled its email systems and most of its phone service for nearly two weeks.
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HHS Proposes Cybersecurity Requirements for Hospitals
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently released a concept paper outlining its cybersecurity strategy for the healthcare sector, focusing specifically on strengthening resilience for hospitals threatened by cyberattacks. HHS outlined four pillars for action, including new voluntary healthcare-specific cybersecurity performance goals.