Although the recent expansion of remote care is commonly seen as advantageous for patients and providers, concerns persist regarding its advantages over traditional in-home care…
According to a recent research in The Lancet, medical abortions may be performed safely and successfully through telehealth without a standard ultrasound scan. The study,…
A report has been issued by the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) that describes patterns in Medicare utilization and makes suggestions to policymakers in order to…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discovered that several demographics, mostly adults, maintained substantial levels of involvement in telehealth after evaluating telehealth use…
Samsung has partnered with leading virtual primary care provider HealthTap to help provide virtual healthcare directly to Samsung Smart TVs in the U.S. HealthTap typically…
A recent study has been conducted by Trend Micro to investigate the effect ransomware attacks are having on organizations in the health sector. Ransomware attacks…
Telehealth visits are anticipated to continue playing a significant role in endocrine care after experiencing a dramatic rise during the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to…
A recent study published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment has found evidence to support video observation as a method of methadone take-home dosing….
The U.S. Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has recently released a white paper to raise the health sector’s awareness about living-off-the-land techniques threat actors…
A class action lawsuit has been filed West Virginia-based Mon Health following a data breach where an unauthorized third party had accessed its network for…
A member of the Netwalker ransomware gang has been sentenced to 20 years in prison and is ordered to pay a forfeit of $21,500,000 for…
A study recently published by athenahealth has found that telehealth is addressing shortcomings in delivering healthcare after evolving from COVID-19 pandemic visit replacement methods. By…
The FAIR Health Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker has found that telehealth use varies per region in the United States’s southeast. The Monthly Telehealth Regional Tracker,…
A data breach class action lawsuit has been settled by LifeBridge Health Inc. to resolve claims made by individuals impacted by a data breach in…
An audit conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General has found that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has…
Texas-based primary care clinic network Family Health Centers (FMC) has recently notified the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of a data breach involving…
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Magellan Health on behalf of approximately 273,000 patients who had their protected health information exposed in a…
Following U.S. President Joe Biden’s decision to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Telehealth Association (ATA) is collaborating with Congress and a number of government…
The United States Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) has warned the health sector of a Chinese state-sponsored threat actor named APT41. The U.S. government…
Iowa-based Wolfe Eye Clinic has issued a breach notification to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights reporting a data…
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced the conclusion of three investigations into alleged violations of the…
Ohio-based law firm Bricker & Eckler LLP has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit following a data breach affecting 420,532 individuals. The law firm…
A recent study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings has found that the burnout rate among physicians is at an all time high following the COVID-19…
The New York-based Ambulance Service, Empress Emergency Medical Services (EMS) has recently experienced a ransomware attack. On July 14, 2022, the EMS provider discovered some…
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Ambry Genetics for $12.25 million following a data breach affecting 232,772 patients. The lawsuit stems from an…
A recent researcher letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found third-party tracking tools on 99 percent of examined abortion clinic websites. Concerns have been…
Richmond, Texas-based Oakbend Medical Center has recently announced that they have experienced a ransomware attack. On September 1, 2022, the healthcare provider discovered a file…
Syracuse-based Practice Resources has announced that they have recently experienced a data breach involving the protected health information of 924,138 individuals. Practice Resources is a…
Detroit, Michigan-based law firm Warner Norcross and Judd (WNJ) has reported a data breach to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) affecting the…
Parma-based Health Aid of Ohio has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit to resolve claims made by individuals who had their information exposed in…
A class action lawsuit filed against Missouri-based BJC Healthcare has resulted in a settlement. The nonprofit healthcare provider has agreed to create a fund to…
A recent report issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) has found that Medicare recipients who reside…
A class action lawsuit filed against the Urology Center of Colorado has reach a settlement agreement. The lawsuit was filed against the healthcare provider in…
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Morristown-based Lamoille Health Partners following a ransomware attack involving the PHI of 59,381 patients. On June 13,…
A class action lawsuit against California-based Salinas Valley Memorial Healthcare has resulted in a $340,000 settlement. The healthcare provider will establish the fund to resolve…
2,651,396 people have now been impacted by the ransomware attack on OneTouchPoint, a mailing and printing company located in Hartland, Wisconsin. Common Ground Healthcare Cooperative…
An alert has been issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Cybersecuirty Program (HC3) warning organizations in the health sector of the…
A study published in JAMA Psychiatry has revealed that opioid use disorder-related telehealth care during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with lower chance of a…
A warning has been issued by the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) to advise the healthcare and public health sector (HPH) of the dangers…
A lawsuit has been filed against Wilsonville-based Avamere Holdings for a data breach affecting 96 senior living facilities and involved the release of the protected…
A lawsuit has been filed to data broker Kochava by the U.S. Federal Trade Commision (FTC) for its alleged unlawful collection of geolocation user data,…
LastPass, a global leader in password management solutions, has reported a data breach as the result of a cyberattack. LastPass is employed by approximately 30…
A warning has been issued by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Hea;tj Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) to advise healthcare organizations about a…
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Humana & Cotiviti after a data breach that disclosed the personal information of 64,654 individuals. The breach…
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act’s primary enforcer, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has recently settled a violation case with the New England…
Henderson & Walton Women’s Center P.C. (HWWC) has recently announced that it has experienced a data breach involving the exposure of the protected health information…
Vermont-based Lamoille has recently announced that they have experienced a ransomware attack involving PHI of 59,381 patients. On June 13, 2022, Lamoille Health Partners detected…
A recent survey conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Savvy Cooperative has revealed that patients are extremely concerned about the lack of…
A recent study published in the Cell Press Journal has detailed how health information applications are sending health information to Facebook and other social media…
The US Food and Drug Administration has recently awarded 501(k) clearance to Visibly for their self-administered online visual test. The Visibly Digital Acuity Product is…
Florida Orthopaedic Institute (FOI) has agreed to a $4 million settlement for a class-action lawsuit regarding a data breach affecting approximately 640,000 individuals. In June…
Novant Health has recently issued a notification reporting a data breach has occurred involving the PHI of over 1.36 million patients. The unauthorized disclosure of…
A recent study published in JAMA Open Network has found that prompt action taken immediately following the detection of unauthorized access to protected health information…
Telehealth solution provider, Let’s Talk, has announced that it has achieved full HIPAA compliance. The statement, issued on April 13, 2022, confirmed that the provider…
A report issued by Deloitte has found that 70 percent of US citizens believe that wearables have improved their health and fitness. As a result…
A class action lawsuit has been settled by Dental Care Alliance as the result of a data breach affecting 1.7 million individuals. Dental Care Alliance…
Fast Track Urgent Care, a network of urgent healthcare clinics based in Florida, has recently announced that it has experienced a data breach affecting 259,411…
Aetna ACE has recently announced it has been subject to a ransomware attack on a mailing vendor. The data breach involves the unauthorized disclosure of…
A recent study published in the Annals of Family Medicine has revealed that telehealth sufficiently supported abortion services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the…
A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine has found that remote patient monitoring has significantly increased among Medicare recipients during the COVID-19 pandemic. From…
A recent study published in JMIR Medical Informatics has demonstrated that an increase in telehealth use may lead to an increase in after-hours work for…
A recent study published in JMIR has found that an mHealth application is a suitable method for treating type 2 diabetes patients’ short-term glycemic control….
Professional Finance Company, a Greely, Colorado-based accounts receivable management company has announced that they experienced a ransomware attack in February 2022. The payment vendor provides…
The Cloud Security Alliance has released guidelines advising how healthcare organizations can manage risks to data security posed by third party vendors. Business associates of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
A draft bipartisan bill has been introduced to replace current data privacy laws in different U.S.states. Introduced to the house of representatives in early June,…
A new class-action lawsuit has been filed against Google in the Uk as a result of a 2016 data scandal, which involved the discovery of…
The American Medical Association, in collaboration with Boston-based Brogham and Women’s Hospital and the Joint Commision, has introduced a new learning network aimed to assist…
According to a recent analysis of hospital websites, a third of the top 100 hospitals in the US are sharing patient information to Facebook using…
The FDA has published a draft guidance regarding medical device cybersecurity. With the guidance entitled “‘Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality System Considerations and Content of…
Atrium Health, a hospital network located in Charlotte, North Carolina, has notified patients that an unauthorized third party had accessed the PHI they maintain. Atrium…
Multiple lawsuits will take place in the U.S. District Court of Western Washington regarding a significant breach of PHI. At least 4 class-action lawsuits have…
The global market for mobile applications is seeing a continuous rise in the phenomena known as women’s mobile health (mHealth). The mHealth applications provide services…
In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. federal government implemented temporary Medicare policy changes as part of the public health emergency. Coverage for…
The COVID-19 pandemic generated a variety of notable changes within the U.S healthcare industry. In the beginning, a significant portion of care was postponed due…
A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Meta for allegedly scraping PHI from hospital and medical provider websites. The case was filed in the Northern…
Google recently stated that customers who visit sensitive locations, such as abortion clinics, will have their location information automatically deleted. In a blog posted by…
A recent report has estimated that the Telemedicine Equipment Market worth is expected to grow to over $14 billion by 2030. The study was conducted…
PHI of Nearly 69,000 Individuals Exposed in Comstar Hacking Incident Comstar located in Rowley, MA offers ambulance billing, collection, ePCR Hosting, and patient/client services. It…
Shields Health Care Group is confronted with a class-action lawsuit because of the 2 million-record data breach it recently reported. This is the largest healthcare…
The protected health information (PHI) of approximately 2 million persons was possibly exposed in a cyberattack on Shields Health Care Group. Shields Health Care Group…
Microsoft has released a security alert and has given a solution to stop a zero-day vulnerability identified in the Microsoft Windows Support Diagnostic Tool (MSDT)…
A study published by JMIR found that populations with lower income are less likely to benefit from telehealth after the COVID-19 pandemic. In light of…
A joint cybersecurity alert regarding the MedusaLocker ransomware has been released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA),…
A recent study published in The Lancet Digital Health has found that artificial intelligence has the ability to determine the race of a patient using…
In March 2022, Partnership HealthPlan of California (PHC) stated that third-party forensic experts were involved to help recover the service of its IT solutions subsequent…
The medical equipment firm NuLife Med LLC located in Manchester, NH, has lately reported that it suffered a cyberattack in March 2022. It detected suspicious…
Healthplex Inc., one of the biggest dental insurance companies based in New York, has reported the compromise of an employee’s email account because of a…
An Operational Continuity-Cyber Incident (OCCI) checklist published by the Health Sector Coordinating Council’s (HSCC) Cybersecurity Working Group (CWG) works as a versatile template for dealing…
Numerous healthcare data breaches are happening, yet not all privacy and security problems originate from beyond the company. The Department of Health and Human Services’…
Deaconess Health System based in Indiana and Blue Earth County based in Minnesota have informed individuals who had their sensitive personal data has accessed by…