Welcome to the May edition of Digital Health Digest!This month, we're spotlighting key developments in telehealth funding, weight loss programs, cybersecurity challenges, and advancements in wearable technology. Join us to explore how these innovations…
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Between the massive cyberattack on Optum’s Change Healthcare unit and the recent attack on St. Louis-based health system Ascension, it seems like there is a new healthcare cybersecurity incident each month creating serious headaches…
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HHS OCR updates its cybersecurity FAQ to include the Change Healthcare cyberattack:
Nobody has issued the breach notification that was due April 21, 60 days from when the incident occurred.
Covered entities should contact…
The Australian government has assured that healthcare providers in the country can safely prescribe and dispense electronic prescriptions as usual amid the early stages of investigation into the major ransomware attack on MediSecure.Last week,…
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Cybercriminals across the world continue to use healthcare organizations as their target practice. It seems like there is a new healthcare cybersecurity disaster dominating headlines each month — with this month’s being an attack…
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Calling Blackbaud’s security before a major data breach “lax,” the Federal Trade Commission said the company allowed a hacker to steal PII and PHI and ordered it to delete old data and report on its…
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After cyberattacks, large healthcare organizations must grapple with system clean-up and data breaches, potentially harming patient care due to service disruptions, exacting costs and garnering regulatory scrutiny on security vulnerabilities. This week we learned that the May…
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Ascension’s most recent update from Monday evening reaffirms that it will take some time – no timelines were announced — for it to return to normal operation following its May 8 cyberattack.
The update…
The Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center issued a threat alert Friday about the Russia-backed ransomware group Black Basta, warning of its accelerated attempted attacks against the healthcare sector.Prompted by H-ISAC, the American Hospital Association also…
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Cybercriminals don’t seem like they will stop using healthcare institutions as target practice anytime soon, as another major organization fell victim to a cyberattack this week.
Ascension, a St. Louis-based health system with 140 hospitals…
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