Dr. Eyal Zimlichman, founder and director of ARC Innovation, a global healthcare innovation testbed, and chief innovation and transformation officer at Israel’s Sheba Medical Center, is a leading voice in healthcare IT.He sees provider-facing…
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UnitedHealth Group increases its estimate of individuals impacted by a February 2024 ransomware attack on its Change Healthcare division from 100 million to 190 million, affecting nearly half of all Americans.
The company…
Among myriad acronyms in the healthcare industry, HIPAA is one of the most referenced.
At the end of last year, the Department of Health and Human Services proposed major updates to this law — named…
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Essential Healthcare Industry Transformations Revealed 2024
Major Cybersecurity Challenges
The healthcare sector faced unprecedented cybersecurity challenges in 2024, with UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare experiencing a devastating ransomware attack. This incident impacted approximately 100 million individuals’ personal…
It was understandable that much of the discussion in 2024 focused on how and where healthcare was falling short on cybersecurity. In general, healthcare had not prioritized or invested in cybersecurity compared to other…
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Of the 421 hacking/IT incidents and unauthorized access/disclosure incidents attributed to healthcare providers across the United States reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services this year, the top 15 data breaches…
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Andrew Spier, Vice President of Advanced Cyber Solutions and Commercial Services at Core4ce
Recent and high-profile cyber, ransomware and supply chain attacks on Kaiser Permanente, Ascension, and Change Healthcare have shown how the healthcare industry…
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UnitedHealth Group’s HHS OCR breach notice filing indicates that the information of 100 million Americans was exposed in Change Healthcare’s February 2024 ransomware attach.
The company had previously said only that the cyberattack…
The business world was roiled earlier this year when a finance worker in Hong Kong was duped into handing over $25.6 million (200 million Hong Kong Dollars) after he joined a video call that…
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The February cyberattack against the Change Healthcare clearinghouse not only compromised patient data but left health care providers in a financial crisis. Within 48 hours of the attack, another clearinghouse called Availity set up a…
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