Healthcare organizations face an unprecedented security crisis. Since 2018, the number of individuals affected by healthcare data breaches has nearly doubled—hitting 56 million last year. These ...

Health care organizations increasingly rely on third-party digital solutions such as tracking pixels, analytics platforms and cloud-based services ...

Angela lived with COPD for years. During flare-ups, her small hometown hospital was her lifeline — its staff knew her history, and its electronic medical record system ensured her care team had ...

Attorney General Mike Hilgers announced that the Lancaster County District Court denied a request to dismiss the lawsuit.

On July 27, 2019, MU Health Care completed the process of identifying patients with information potentially affected by the incident. That information may have included names, dates of birth, medical ...

A wealth of information, including Social Security numbers, birth dates, and health insurance details; a reliance on systems connected to the internet; and weak protections. It’s easy to see why ...

Opinion: Expanding into new areas as a health-care company requires you to understand both the privacy landscape and the ...

The health care industry faces a critical security challenge. While organizations invest millions in advanced medical technologies, their approach to protecting sensitive data remains notably outdated ...

Eight class-action lawsuits have been filed in the wake of a July data breach at a University of Iowa Health Care affiliate that may have compromised some general medical information for over 200,000 ...

Patients who received care at Baptist Health South Florida may have had their personal data, including names, Social Security numbers and medical information, accessed in a breach that impacted one of ...

Washington state is suing the federal government for sharing people’s health information with the Department of Homeland Security, the agency that oversees Immigration and Customs Enforcement. States ...