Data Breaches Reported by Amicus Solutions: Huntsville Hospital Health System

South Florida Injury Centers; Chickasaw Nation Department of Health Report Data Breaches

A hacking incident has been reported by South Florida Injury Centers, and Chickasaw Nation Department of Health has discovered that […] The post South Florida Injury Centers; Chickasaw Nation Department of Health Report Data Breaches appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance

Remote Desktop Tools are the Front Door in Healthcare, and Hackers are Walking Through

There is some positive news from the data collected by cybersecurity firm SonicWall, as cyberattacks have declined by up to […] The post Remote Desktop Tools are the Front Door in Healthcare, and Hackers are Walking Through appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance

UK: Boy’s medical records may have been accessed inappropriately after crocodile attack at zoo

They could have — and should have — anticipated great curiosity about this particular patient’s medical records. Did they control access well enough? Emily Stevens reports: The medical records of a young boy who was attacked by a crocodile at a Cambridgeshire zoo were accessed by up to 40 members of staff. The incident took... Source

Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance

High-Severity Vulnerability Identified in OHIF Viewers DICOM

A high-severity vulnerability has been identified in OHIF (Open Health Imaging Foundation) Viewers DICOM, which could be exploited to steal […] The post High-Severity Vulnerability Identified in OHIF Viewers DICOM appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance

Why You Don’t Need to Understand HIPAA to Make Your Small Practice HIPAA Compliant

An article from The HIPAA Journal argues that small medical practice owners can achieve HIPAA compliance without deep technical or legal knowledge of the regulation, suggesting that compliance is attainable through practical tools and guidance rather than expertise in the underlying rules.

Why this matters: When practitioners comply with health privacy rules without understanding them, patients may receive weaker de facto protections — procedural checkboxes replacing genuine stewardship of sensitive medical data that individuals reasonably expect to remain private.

Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance · Lawyers

Colorado Health Network; Kentucky Mountain Health Alliance Announce Data Breaches

Data security incidents have been announced by the Colorado Health Network and Kentucky Mountain Health Alliance. In both cases, only […] The post Colorado Health Network; Kentucky Mountain Health Alliance Announce Data Breaches appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

Who should care: Healthcare professionals · Privacy officers · Compliance