The Department of Health and Human Service’ Office for Civil Rights has recently announced a further 11 financial penalties to HIPAA-regulated entities who have failed to provide patients with timely access to their medical records. The announcement comes as a warning to all covered entities regarding the importance of adhering to the HIPAA Right of …
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A class action lawsuit has been filed against Meta regarding the unlawful collection of sensitive patient information via hospital websites. The lawsuit has come days after a report was issued by The Markup, detailing how the tech giant gathered patient data from a third of the top hospital’s websites using an analytical tool called Meta …
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A recent investigation conducted by The Markup has been released uncovering how Meta is using an analytics tool on approximately a third of the U.S.’s largest hospitals’ websites. The tool has been installed on several of the hospital’s websites to collect sensitive patient information including clinical visits, medical conditions, and prescriptions. The Meta Pixel collects …
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Amazon has announced that an agreement has been made for Amazon to acquire primary care network One Medical. The deal is valued at $3.9 billion and will include up to 190 clinics, a subscription telehealth service, and contracts with thousands of employer clients under Amazon’s authority. The acquisition is said to accelerate the tech giant’s …
A recent study published by Digital Shadows has highlighted the importance of password strength. In 2022 alone, approximately 24,650,000,000 account usernames and passwords have been accessed by cybercriminals. With the evolution of modern GPUs in combination with weak password protection, the number of accounts exploited will continue to increase. Despite this, a significant amount of …
A class action lawsuit has been settled in the Harris County District Court in Texas involving the Methodist Hospitals Inc. The settlement comes as a result of a major data breach involving the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive patient information affecting more than 68,000 patients. The breach of patient data was discovered in June, 2019. After …
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A class action lawsuit has been settled in the Harris County District Court in Texas involving the Methodist Hospitals Inc. The settlement comes as a result of a major data breach involving the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive patient information affecting more than 68,000 patients. The breach of patient data was discovered in June, 2019. After …
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Tenet Healthcare and Baptist Health have received a class action lawsuit as a result of a major data breach affecting approximately 1.2 million individuals. On April 20. 2022, the comprehensive investigation was conducted confirming that an unauthorized malicious actor had gained access to the IT systems of Resolute Health Hospital and Baptist Medical Center between …
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The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General has published a study analyzing medicare beneficiaries’ use of telehealth during the initial year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic generated a multitude of challenges to the provision of healthcare. As a result, the U.S. government took a series of actions to encourage …
HSS OIG Study Shows 40% of Patients Used Telehealth During Pandemic Read More »
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report suggesting that the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) introduces a mechanism for feedback to improve its breach reporting procedure. The GAO found in its report that between 2015 to 2021, approximately 5 million to 113 million individuals annually are affected by healthcare data breaches. …
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