Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s…
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The rising number of ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations has become impossible to ignore. In fact, ransomware attacks targeting healthcare providers worldwide nearly doubled last year, according to the Cyber Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC)….
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Mike Walters, President & co-founder of Action1 Corporation
According to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR), cyber incidents in health care are on the rise. From 2018-2022, there has been a 93% increase in…
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US non-profit health system Ascension has confirmed that its electronic health record (EHR) system has been restored across all of its sites following a ransomware incident last month. The Catholic health system’s EHR and various…
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Since first appearing two years ago, the ransomware group Black Basta has rapidly gained prominence as one of the biggest threats to healthcare organizations’ cybersecurity.
The cybergang is believed to be an offshoot of the…
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Ascension restores EHR access across its organization, although it once again warns patients that it is still back-entering data that was collected manually since the May 8 ransomware attack.
Remediation of other systems…
Healthcare organizations are paying much more attention to cybersecurity in recent months, especially after Change Healthcare experienced a ransomware attack that debilitated its systems and disrupted claims payments nationwide and Ascension has been digging out from its…
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Ascension provides updates about its May 8 ransomware attack:
The cyberattack was launched by an malicious email that was opened by an unsuspecting employee.
The attackers took information from file services that employees use for…
As Ascension continues to work toward network-wide restoration of its electronic health record, the 19-state health system this week confirmed that the May 8 ransomware attack that debilitated its IT systems also may have…
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Ascension says in a June 4 cyberattack update that it has restored EHR access in its Florida, Alabama, and Austin markets. It hopes to use that experience to make the EHR available to…
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