OK, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a breach report quite like this one, so grab your favorite beverage and read what Brett Kelman reports on a company that ran into trouble with regulators and then filed for bankruptcy…. and in the process, managed to lose access to all their patients’ stored records because the…
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Medical Records Left Behind From Shuttered Chatham Medical Facility After It Lost State Health Department License And Medicare Certification
Dana Kozlov reports on tremendous amount of paper medical records left behind behind the now-shuttered former Medical Professional Home Healthcare Center in Chatham. Read more on CBS and their follow-up here. So okay, folks, you really need to at least look at the pictures in those stories. It’s *disgusting* what has happened to patients’ records….
EatStreet food ordering service discloses security breach
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Eatstreet, an online and mobile food ordering service, disclosed today a security breach that took place last month and during which a hacker stole the company’s database, complete with customer and partner details. ZDNet has learned that responsible for this breach is Gnosticplayers, a hacker who previously breached many other online services,…
MA: ResiDex Software discloses ransomware incident affecting clients’ patients’ protected health information
And yet another ransomware incident. They do not disclose the number of patients who were notified about this. Of note, sounds like their recovery was pretty smooth because they were prepared. BOSTON, June 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Tenx Systems, LLC d/b/a ResiDex Software (“ResiDex”) specializes in providing software for assisted living homes, group homes, and organizations…
Two Maryland medical practices notify patients after business associate error exposes patient information
Maryland-based Capitol Cardiology Associates (CCA) and Southern Maryland Medical Group (SMMG) are notifying patients because of an incident involving a third-party vendor/business associate. According to their notification letters, on March 14, Meditab Software, Inc. became aware of a potential breach involving protected health information (phi). The breach may have included patients’ medical records or visit…
NY: Cyber attacks cripple Olean Medical Group, possibly Seneca Nation Health System
Bob Clark reports: Hackers attempting to ransom the computer systems at Olean Medical Group on Friday did not access records for 40,000 patients, group officials reported Monday. In a faxed press release sent Monday, OMG officials noted the group is still seeing patients, even if charting is being completed by pen and paper instead of…