As the US is in the midst of a social distancing movement in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the White House has announced additional coverage for telehealth services under …
Medicaid CCO Vendor Breach Exposes Health, Personal Info of 654K
Health Share of Oregon, a Medicaid coordinated care organization, disclosed today that they had been the victim of a data breach that exposed the health and personal information of over 650,000 …
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The VA’s First Chief Innovation Officer Aims to Speed Up the Delivery of Cost-Saving Services
The Innovation Center run by the Veteran Affairs Department was established just over a decade ago but is currently undergoing a transformation to include a chief innovation officer. The role will be …
OODA Special Report: Digital Transformation in the Health Care Sector
This OODA special report focuses on the Health Care Sector. It is written both for firms that are in the sector who are seeking competitive advantage and for firms in other sectors that can use this …
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How Medical AI Can Save Patients From Excessive Exposure To Radiation
The potential of AI to transform the medical industry has received widespread media and public attention, however, some of its specific uses are not well known. A limited number of companies have …
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Canadian Lab Test Provider Pays Ransom to Secure Hacked Data
Canadian lab test provider LifeLabs made headlines last week after announcing that 15 million customers' data was leaked in a massive ransomware attack that occurred in late October. The information …
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LifeLabs pays hackers to recover data of 15 million customers
A Canadian laboratory that provides diagnostics and testing services, LifeLabs, admitted yesterday to paying hackers to retrieve stolen data that resulted from a security breach last month. Although …
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Over 38 Million Healthcare Records Exposed in Breaches Over 2019
From January through October of this year, more than 38 million health records were exposed, lost or stolen, compared to just over 12 million throughout 2018, new research published in HIPAA Journal …
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New Study: Hospital Breaches Could Be Killing Patients
Research by Vanderbilt University and the University of Central Florida implies that data breaches affecting hospitals could have deadly consequences, as mortality rates at hospitals that suffered a …
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Mission Health online store hijack went undetected for years
Mission Health, a health services provider in North Carolina, suffered a breach of its web store that went undiscovered for over three years. The campaign can be considered a Magecart attack, since …
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