Security News

Three Sentenced to Prison for Scheme That Targeted SeniorsThree individuals have been sentenced to serve time in federal prison after pleading guilty to participating in a $1 million Medicare...

Investigation Came in Wake of Cyberattack That Affected MillionsFederal regulators have smacked a cloud-based electronics health records vendor with a $100,000 HIPAA settlement in the wake of a...

Touchstone Medical Imaging Learned of Breach From Two Federal AgenciesFederal regulators have reached a $3 million HIPAA settlement in a case alleging that a medical imaging services provider...

Experts Weigh In on Potential Impact of the ChangesThe Department of Health and Human Services is lowering its top fines for less egregious HIPAA violations. Meanwhile, it's pledging to make a...

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Boston Children's Hospital is pioneering the use of Amazon's Alexa voice assist technology in the healthcare sector. John Brownstein, the hospital's chief innovation officer, discusses the...

Organization List Reasons Why It Believes Breach-Related Penalty Was Not JustifiedThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has filed a lawsuit arguing that a $4.3 million HIPAA penalty...

StackRox, the leader in container and Kubernetes security, announced that Stratus Medicine has deployed the StackRox Kubernetes Security Platform to secure healthcare data and achieve Health...

Former Patient Coordinator Wrongfully Disclosed Patient InformationA former patient coordinator at UPMC, a medical center in Pittsburgh, has pleaded guilty to wrongfully disclosing health...