In April 2022, DataBreaches became aware of a possible breach involving Avamere Holdings, a group of companies providing senior living healthcare and rehabilitation services including IT services. Today, we learned that they did have a breach of their network. Premere Rehab, LLC (“Infinity Rehab”) reported that Avamere Health Services had alerted them that they had…
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ID: St. Luke’s vendor suffers data breach affecting some patients
KMVT reports: St. Luke’s says it was informed by a business vendor of a data breach the vendor says could have affected patients and members of certain customers. The hospital system says one of its vendors informed them of a cybersecurity incident that occurred in late May of this year. The vendor had a contract…
Kelowna nurse suspended for accessing patient’s medical records
Iain Burns reports: A Kelowna nurse has been suspended for breaching patient confidentiality rules. According to the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM), Sondra Bader admitted to her “practice issues” on July 20. From the reporting, this case goes back to a 2019 incident involving access to one person’s records. This is an…
In yet another long gap to notification, a covered entity notifies patients of a May 2021 cyberattack
On May 5, 2021, Benson Health in North Carolina (formerly known as Benson Area Medical Center) discovered that it was the target of a cyberattack. According to their notification dated July 7, 2022, they immediately launched an investigation, engaged a law firm specializing in cybersecurity and data privacy, and engaged third-party forensic specialists to assist….
This post provides substitute breach notification to one patient Oregon Health & Science University could not otherwise directly notify
Federal regulations requjire substitute notice when notification by postal mail or other direct means cannot be made, but I cannot recall ever seeing a substitute notice that announced it was only being made for one particular patient. The following was published by the Oregon Health & Science University: On May 16, 2022, a computer belonging…
Baton Rouge General Medical Center ransomware attack has caused patients to be diverted to other hospitals, lost records, and lab services down — source
By July 1, word was circulating that the Baton Rouge General Medical Center in Louisiana had been hit by ransomware. A copy of the ransom note shared with DataBreaches pointed clearly to the Hive group, but when asked about it, Hive’s spokesperson claimed that DataBreaches had “incorrect info.” Since then, the medical center has not…