Privacy & Security
An Ohio-based law firm is investigating claims on behalf of the breach victims.
The UpGuard research team says it notified 47 organizations – including governmental public health entities – about their publicly accessible data.
A majority of the cases were caused by criminal acts such as phishing and ransomware.
In another incident, a former employee in New York is accused of electronic health record snooping – potentially affecting more than 10,000 patients.
The Indiana Department of Health said this week that it was notifying almost 750,000 Hoosiers after a company "improperly accessed" the data from the state's COVID-19 online contact tracing survey.
Meanwhile, Ohio-based Memorial Health System struggles to get back online after a ransomware attack.
HIMSS21 Digital
Experts at a HIMSS21 Global Digital Conference session explored the tension between broader data availability and the importance of IoT data privacy, explaining where HIPAA applies – and where it doesn't.
The consulting firm told Healthcare IT News that the incident had no impact on its operations or on its clients' systems.
HIMSS21 Digital
The remote work arrangements necessitated by the global pandemic have had a tremendous impact on healthcare security, said health system CISOs during HIMSS21 Digital on Wednesday.
HIMSS21
Skyflow debuts a "zero trust" data vault designed specifically for personal health information. Nordic Consulting has partnered with Fortified Health Security to enhance Nordic's security portfolio.