As Ascension continues to work toward network-wide restoration of its electronic health record, the 19-state health system this week confirmed that the May 8 ransomware attack that debilitated its IT systems also may have…
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By Jill McKeon
June 11, 2024 – Panorama Eyecare, a Fort Collins, Colo.-based eye care management company, notified 377,911 individuals of a data breach that occurred in May 2023. LockBit ransomware added Panorama Eyecare to its…
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NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has urgently called for donations of O Positive and O Negative blood to boost stocks following a ransomware attack which has disrupted pathology services in London.The cyber attack on…
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MediSecure voluntarily enters administrationE-prescription service MediSecure entered into voluntary administration three weeks after it reported a “large-scale” ransomware attack.
FTI Consulting’s Vaughan Strawbridge and Paul Harlond have been appointed as administrators and liquidators of the…
Rural and community hospitals serve almost 15% of the U.S. population, but only 10% of physicians practice in rural America, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Despite their…
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Mark Dollar, chief executive at Synnovis, has confirmed that a ransomware attack has interrupted all the pathology service provider’s IT systems, causing patient activity to be cancelled or redirected.Synnovis is a pathology partnership between…
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Healthcare systems worldwide have increasingly turned to digital solutions to bolster clinical quality and cost-efficiency. The rapid adoption of technologies like electronic health records (EHRs), telemedicine, and Internet of Things (IoT) devices has streamlined…
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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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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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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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