Breach Notification of Integrated Rehab Consultants’ Patients Took Longer Than 60 Days
The physiatry group Integrated Rehab Consultants (IRC) based in Chicago, IL sent notification letters to some [...]
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Chesapeake Regional Healthcare’s Lost Hard Drives Contained 2,100 patients’ PHI
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare discovered on February 6, 2018 that two hard drives from the Chesapeake [...]
PHI of 42,000 Patients Exposed Due to Server Misconfiguration
The protected health information of 42,000 patients of a New York medical practice was exposed online because [...]
Victims of CVS Caremark Data Breach Filed a Class Action Lawsuit for Damages
The patients of CVS Caremark filed a lawsuit against CVS and its mailing vendor, Fiserve, on March 21, 2018 [...]
Two Cases of PHI Theft by Healthcare Employees Severely Penalized
Employees can be severely penalized for violating HIPAA rules especially if they are involved in the theft of [...]
Protenus’ Healthcare Breach Barometer Report for February 2018
Protenus’ Healthcare Breach Barometer Report for February 2018 has been published. The report talks about [...]
Summary Report of Healthcare Data Breaches in February 2018
February may have the least number of days in a month, but the number of reported healthcare data breaches [...]
ShopRite Failed to Dispose of Electronic Device Properly Exposing 9,956 PHI
An electronic device used by ShopRite Pharmacy in Millville, New Jersey for capturing customer signature was [...]
EmblemHealth to Pay NY Attorney General’s Office $575,000 for HIPAA Breach
EmblemHealth had a mailing error in 2016 that resulted in the disclosure of 81,122 Health Insurance claim [...]
PHI of 1,882 UVa Patients Exposed Due to Malware Infection
A professional hacker accessed the healthcare records of about 1,900 patients of the University of Virginia [...]
6,550 Jemison Internal Medicine Patients Potentially Affected by Ransomware Attack
Jemison Internal Medicine of Alabama had a ransomware attack on December 20, 2017. Electronic health records [...]
MUSC Terminates 13 Employees in 2017 Over PHI Violations
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) demonstrated how seriously it takes protected health information [...]
Characteristics of Hospital Data Breaches in the US Revealed in AJMC Study
A study published in the American Journal of Managed Care looked into the typical characteristics of hospital [...]
Ransomware Attack on Coastal Cape Fear Eye Associates Impacts 925 Patients
The protected health information of 925 patients was compromised because of a ransomware attack on Coastal [...]
Hancock Health’s Encrypted Files Unlocked After Paying $55K Ransom
Hancock Health in Indiana, Greenfield experienced a ransomware attack which compelled hospital personnel to [...]
Cryptocurrency Malware Found in Decatur County General Hospital’s Server
Decatur County General Hospital in Tennessee discovered on November 27, 2017 that its server housing the [...]
CarePlus Health Plans Mailing Error Disclosed 11,200 Members’ PHI
CarePlus Health Plans in Miami, Florida had a privacy breach incident. The protected health information of [...]
5,200 Residents at a DC Assisted Living Facility Affected by Malware Infection
Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities had a malware infection potentially [...]
Protenus Report of Healthcare Data Breaches in 2017
Protenus published its summary and analysis of 2017’s healthcare data breaches using data from [...]
Physician Accessed Pedes Orange County EMR and Disclosed PHI Without Authorization
Pedes Orange County Inc is a healthcare provider in California that specializes in vascular disease [...]
DJO Global PHI Breach Due to Missing Forms Signed by Patients
DJO Global provides medical devices to help patients maintain and regain natural motion. A data breach [...]
Unencrypted Portable Hard Drive Potentially Exposed 9,387 Patients’ PHI
Charles River Medical Associates in Framingham, MA discovered the danger of failing to encrypt protected [...]
Compassionate Care Hospice Data Breach Impacts 1,128 Patients
An unauthorized person accessed the network and server of Compassionate Care Hospice Las Vegas (CCHLV). The [...]
Kaiser Permanente Reported Two Data Breaches that Impacted 5,000 Plan Members
Kaiser Permanente reported two data breaches to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for [...]
PHI of Colorado Mental Health Institute Patients Exposed Due to Phishing Scam
An employee of Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo became a victim of a phishing scam that allowed the [...]
1,900 MidMichigan Medical Center Patients Notified of PHI Breach
A potential breach of health data occurred at MidMichigan Medical Center (MMC) in Alpena. On November 18, [...]
Missing Paper Records Discovered in Illinois Physicians Network Storage Facility
Several data breaches reported in the last few months involved lost or stolen physical records. To be exact, [...]
Lowell General Hospital Employee Accessed Medical Records Without Proper Authorization
The health data records of 769 patients at the Lowell General Hospital in Massachusetts were accessed by an [...]
28,000 Mental Health Patients Affected by Data Theft
The protected health information of patients with mental and developmental disabilities at the Center for [...]
UAB Medicine Data Breach Potentially Exposed 652 Patients’ PHI
The UAB Medicine Viral Hepatitis Clinic in Birmingham, AL reported a breach of 652 patients’ protected [...]
Two Cases of Health Data Breach Impacts 13,000 Patients
The first breach case happened to Massachusetts-based Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Therapy (SMART) on [...]
Florida Blue Data Breach Potentially Exposed 939 Patients’ Info
Florida Blue discovered a potential online breach in personally identifiable information of patients on [...]
New Jersey Medical Practice has Private Records Stolen
Otolaryngology Associates of Central Jersey is contacting patients to make them aware of a breach of their [...]
MongoDB and AWS Implement New Security Features to Prevent Unauthorized Data Access
Amazon has incorporated new safeguards into its cloud servers so that users won’t misconfigure their S3 [...]
Issues on Getting Meaningful Healthcare Data Breach Report
According to the analysis of John Hopkins University Carey School of Business, more data breaches occur in [...]
Patient Data Breached by Former Employees of Valley Family Medicene
It has been discovered that two former employees of Valley Family Medicine in Staunton, VA have [...]
683 Patients of TJ Samson Community Hospital have their PHI Breached
It has been discovered that the protected health information (PHI) of 683 patients of TJ Samson Community [...]
New York Attorney General Implements SHIELD Act for Greater Online Security
New York by Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman has introduced the Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data [...]
HIPAA Breach Reported by Lawnmower Engine Maker Briggs Stratton
Briggs Stratton Corporation, a manufacturer of lawnmower engines, has discovered malware was present on its [...]
Office Burglary Leads to Exposes 8,000 Patients’ PHI
The theft of a desktop computer has resultd in a limited amount of protected health information (PHI) of [...]
Mailing Breach Potentially Revealed HIV Status of Amida Care Members
Amida Care in New York recently reported a HIPAA breach that could have impacted its 6,231 health plan [...]
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