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Community Health Network reports online tracking data breach affecting 1.5 million
Community Health Network said it discovered on September 22 that the configuration of certain pixels on its digital properties allowed for a broader scope of patient information collection and transfer to third-party vendors, such as Meta and Google, than it realized.
Docovia Partners With Clearwater to Meet Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity and Compliance Requirements
Leading Software Developer Focused on the Aesthetics Industry Signs on to Clearwater's ClearAdvantage® Program to ...
Pediatric EMR Vendor Hack Affects 2.2 Million
A hacking incident at a cloud-based electronic health records and practice management software vendor affects dozens of the company's pediatric practice clients and more than 2.2 million of their patients and other individuals.
OCR Outlines Proper Use of Tracking Tech to Maintain HIPAA Compliance
Following reports that patient data was transmitted to Facebook through the use of tracking technology on hospital websites and within password-protected patient portals, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued a bulletin outlining the dos and don’ts of using tracking tech as a HIPAA-covered entity or business associate.
HHS: Web Trackers in Patient Portals Violate HIPAA
Federal regulators warned healthcare entities over commercial web traffic trackers embedded into patient portals, saying their use may violate patient privacy law.
Hospitals must do more to improve cybersecurity | HLTH Conference
Las Vegas - When Clearwater CEO Steve Cagle was asked if hospitals are improving their cybersecurity or if they still had a long road to go, he simply said, “Yes.”
New healthcare privacy challenges as online data tracking, sharing methods evolve
With security concerns, including a potential breach and a class-action suit, around Meta Pixel and other web tracking tools, health systems should be considering "all the ways PHI may be used, disclosed and accessed," says a former OCR investigator.
Anesthesiology Services Firm Faces 5 Class Action Lawsuits
Proposed class action lawsuits are stacking up against a New York anesthesiology administrative services firm for its July hacking incident that affected about 450,000 patients nationwide.
Healthcare’s Pixel problem: Meta-based marketing projects spur privacy questions
Reports that Meta’s Pixel tool was scraping health data from hospital websites has led to patient outcry, multiple massive breach reports from healthcare entities, denial from Facebook, and more than 50 lawsuits over the alleged privacy violations.
Healthcare Sector Urged to Address OpenSSL Flaws
Healthcare organizations should be ready to find and patch instances of OpenSSL 3.0, warn cybersecurity experts.
Never pay the ransom — a cybersecurity CEO explains why
Ransomware attacks still plague our healthcare system. Steve Cagle’s cybersecurity company is trying to prevent them.
Cyber experts hope CommonSpirit’s crippling attack will spur hospitals to tighten defenses—and government to play offense
CommonSpirit Health continues to respond to and recover from a cyberattack that began in early October, which the health system is now classifying as a ransomware attack.
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