Becker's Health IT

AUGUST 25, 2023

A Eastern Connecticut Health Network nurse says staff are doing their best to make sense of their paychecks as their systems are still down due to a ransomware attack that started Aug. 3, WFSB reported Aug.

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Becker's Health IT

OCTOBER 18, 2023

A nurse with Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health said the 2022 ransomware attack on the health system felt like a "virus" that had the potential to be every bit as deadly.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2023

Livingston Memorial VNA Health Corporation Announces Ransomware Attack Livingston Memorial VNA Health Corporation, which provides hospice services in Ventura, CA, has confirmed that hackers gained access to its IT systems and used ransomware to encrypt files on or around February 19, 2022.

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Healthcare IT Today

OCTOBER 26, 2024

At MEDITECH Live, John chatted with Mike Elder and Kelsey Reed at the southwest Georgia health system, which recently opened a Living and Learning Center to really recruit and train the next generation of nurses. In the wake of high-profile breaches and ransomware attacks, Congress is pushing bills to help health systems respond.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 10, 2023

CommonSpirit Health has issued an update about its October 2022 ransomware attack and has confirmed that patients from 164 facilities were affected by the attack and had their sensitive data exposed or stolen. In February 2023, CommonSpirit Health issued a further update confirming the attackers also obtained the data of patients of St.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Each connected device—from medical IoT (Internet of Things) equipment to the smartphones doctors and nurses use—can serve as a weak spot for cyber criminals to breach organizations’ servers. Endpoint protection is essential for securing the array of devices that healthcare professionals rely on daily.

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Fierce Healthcare

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Smaller healthcare organizations, such as regional hospitals, nursing homes, rehab centers and clinics, are not immune from cyberattacks and data breaches. Smaller healthcare organizations, such as regional hospitals, nursing homes, rehab centers and clinics, are not immune from cyberattacks and data breaches.

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Med-Net Compliance

OCTOBER 17, 2022

The second largest nonprofit hospital chain in the United States has confirmed that it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. At one of the facilities, an emergency room nurse was so overwhelmed with the patient load that she called 911 and asked for help.

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Healthcare IT Today

JULY 10, 2024

For example, in 2023, the healthcare sector suffered the most ransomware attacks among U.S. The combined peak in cyberattacks, increased mortality rates, and decreased revenue create a landscape in which it’s critical for hospitals to defend themselves from potentially fatal ransomware attacks and severe financial losses.

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HIT Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2023

More ransomware attacks targeted healthcare in 2022 than any other critical infrastructure sector, according to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). However, there are gaps where more can be done to better protect against ransomware. Thus, training must become standard in order to better protect the industry at large.

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HIPAA Journal

OCTOBER 13, 2022

One nurse took to Reddit to explain that staff at the hospital have been unable to access the Downtime Epic EHR system to see patient histories, with the pharmacy unable to verify orders and having to handwrite labels, with labs having to be handwritten and faxed. Ransomware Attack Confirmed.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 22, 2022

The largest data breach was a ransomware attack on the accounts receivable management agency, Professional Finance Company. It is unclear how many records in total were compromised in the ransomware attack. Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine also suffered a major ransomware attack. Ransomware attack. Ransomware attack.

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Med-Net Compliance

JULY 12, 2022

A ransomware attack on a finance company has affected more than 600 healthcare organizations. On February 26, 2022, the company detected and stopped a sophisticated ransomware attack in which an unauthorized third party accessed and disabled some of their computer systems.

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Med-Net Compliance

JUNE 30, 2022

A medical center in Arizona announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack in which the attackers obtained the protected health information [PHI] of approximately 700,000 current and former patients. The post 700,000 Patients Affected by Arizona Medical Center Ransomware Attack appeared first on Med-Net.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Doctors, nurses, and administrative staff are the heart of healthcare operations, but they are also extremely busy. Once ransomware infiltrates a system, the hospital loses much of its capacity to provide patient care. Their frequent “multitasking” can turn routine activities like checking their email into security risks.

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Healthcare IT Today

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Read more… Critical Condition: The Increasing Frequency of Ransomware Attacks in Healthcare. Narinder Singh at LookDeep Health described the potential for AI to recognize visual patterns and monitor patients , becoming an “always-on assistant” for doctors and nurses in the hospital and at home.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 24, 2023

Multiple studies have identified an increase in mortality rates at hospitals following ransomware attacks and other major cyber incidents. million records in 2021 due to a ransomware attack. The majority of those breaches were hacking incidents, many of which involved ransomware or attempted extortion.

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 10, 2023

The Hive ransomware-as-a-service (RaasS) operation has claimed responsibility for an attack on Consulate Health Care, a Florida-based chain of 140 U.S. nursing homes. The Hive ransomware gang has a different view on the attack and claims no vendor was involved.

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HIPAA Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

IL Business Associate 16,121 Hacking Incident (data theft confirmed) Ethos, also known as Southwest Boston Senior Services MA Business Associate 14,503 Hacking Incident Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center CA Healthcare Provider 13,345 Ransomware attack on subcontractor of a vendor Rancho Family Medical Group, Inc.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2023

Atlantic General Hospital – Ransomware Attack Atlantic General Hospital (AGH) in Berlin, MD, has recently reported a ransomware attack to the Maine Attorney General that has affected up to 30,704 individuals. The attack was detected on January 29, 2023, when files were discovered to have been encrypted.

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HIT Consultant

MAY 10, 2023

State of the Industry The healthcare industry is a particularly attractive target for ransomware for two main reasons. For many organizations in other verticals, ransomware may be a “pay up or go offline” situation. The effects of a ransomware attack are far more useful for criminals when actual lives are on the line.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JULY 2, 2021

Dealing with a ransomware attack. "Our vice president for patient care and chief nursing officer said, 'We have worked downtime out of our processes.' "Our vice president for patient care and chief nursing officer said, 'We have worked downtime out of our processes.'

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HIPAA Journal

JANUARY 31, 2024

which does business as PJ&A NV Business Associate 8,952,212 Hackers access to its network between March 27, 2023, and May 2, 2023 Managed Care of North America (MCNA) GA Business Associate 8,861,076 Ransomware attack with data leak (LockBit ransomware group) Welltok, Inc.

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HIPAA Journal

AUGUST 30, 2022

The Wilsonville, OR-based home health care service provider and nursing home operator, Avamere Holdings, is facing a class action lawsuit over a major data breach that affected 96 senior living and healthcare facilities and resulted in the exposure of the protected health information of more than 380,000 individuals.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2024

These attacks most often lead to trojan horses, including ransomware, that are presently targeting the healthcare sector. As one of the most active ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) threat actors today, Black Basta has set its sights on the healthcare sector, claiming responsibility for the recent attack on St.

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HIT Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Ransomware continues to be a scourge on the healthcare industry. Key to defending against ransomware is anomaly detection, the ability to identify unexpected events that occur outside the norm. AI tools can quickly synthesize patient records to provide the most relevant information to nurses and physicians when they need it.

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Healthcare IT Today

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In fact, 389 US healthcare institutions shut down and experienced delays in medical procedures due to ransomware in 2024. From EHRs and medical imaging devices to nurse workstations and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) devices, there are a wide variety of endpoints that require authorized access, and for good cause.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, from ransomware attacks to vulnerabilities in interconnected medical devices, underscores the need for proactive strategies and innovative solutions to mitigate risks effectively.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 22, 2023

This was a ransomware attack with confirmed data theft and was, at the time of reporting, the largest data healthcare data breach of the year. It is unclear whether these incidents were ransomware or extortion attacks. CA Healthcare Provider 3,300,638 Ransomware attack (data theft confirmed) CentraState Healthcare System, Inc.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

DECEMBER 7, 2020

An all-hands-on-deck push from heroic physicians and nurses to save the lives of as many COVID-19 inpatients as possible. Ramped up ransomware incursions from aggressively opportunistic cyber crooks. A massive nationwide scale-up of telehealth and remote patient monitoring unlike anything yet seen.

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Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

JUNE 4, 2021

" "We are extremely fortunate to have physicians and nurses who are very engaged and eager to interact with IT. "We are extremely fortunate to have physicians and nurses who are very engaged and eager to interact with IT," Cherry noted. I have found that nurses will not let bad IT get in the way of patient care.

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HIPAA Journal

JULY 9, 2024

a Delray Beach, FL-based medical call center operator and nurse triage service provider, has recently issued individual notifications to individuals affected by a data security incident that occurred on March 20, 2024. The HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal still shows the interim figure of 501 affected individuals.

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HIT Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2021

While healthcare facilities are still dedicated to providing the best care to patients impacted by COVID-19, it is imperative that healthcare practices, especially those like skilled nursing facilities, take cybersecurity seriously to prevent data leaks, care disruption, financial setbacks, and more. Patient Data and Patient Safety.

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HIT Consultant

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Multiple studies, from The Nurse Practitioner and the Annals of Medicine and Surgery , identify POCUS as a convenient tool that reduces the number of imaging tests required to achieve a diagnosis and is able to circumvent barriers that have prevented certain populations from being able to access medical imaging in the past.

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Healthcare IT Today

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Unfortunately, the healthcare industry has been afflicted with a ransomware epidemic that has lasted more than half a decade. One of the most recent cases was a ransomware attack against national health system Ascension. In 2023 alone, healthcare organizations saw a consistent month-over-month increase in attack attempts of 13%.

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HIPAA Journal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Covenant Care California Assessing Scope of Cyberattack Covenant Care California, LLC, which operates skilled nursing facilities and home health agencies throughout California and Nevada, has confirmed there has been unauthorized access to files containing the personal and protected health information of patients and other individuals.

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HIPAA Journal

MARCH 29, 2023

The Clop ransomware gang claimed responsibility for these attacks, which resulted in data theft from 130+ organizations, including Community Health Systems. The email account contained a spreadsheet that included names, birth dates, member identification numbers, and limited information regarding calls made to the nurse advice line.

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