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The Indiana provider says pixels used to collect information about website users may have transferred certain types of patient information since 2017.

With security concerns, including a potential breach and a class-action suit, around Meta Pixel and other web tracking tools, health systems should be considering "all the ways PHI may be used, disclosed and accessed," says a former OCR investigator.

The healthcare cybersecurity company has entered into a definitive agreement to be bought in an all-cash deal. After the merger, it will be taken private as a subsidiary of Clearwater.

Implementing a framework can be useful, but it requires resources – and healthcare organizations may face challenges gaining consensus over which ones to deploy, said a compliance expert ahead of HIMSS22.

Huntington Hospital notified about 13,000 patients after a now-former employee improperly accessed records without authorization.

The CEO of CynergisTek discusses findings from the consulting firm's annual cybersecurity report, and talks about the future of security in healthcare.

"You have to address the people involved in the use of the tool, and more importantly those involved in the processes around medical devices and the tools to monitor and secure them," says one expert in a preview of his HIMSS21 presentation.

Atascadero State Hospital reported this week that a state employee had improperly accessed more than 2,000 records, including information necessary for tracking COVID-19.

Such attempts are up 580% since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and healthcare is a major target, a new Crowdstrike report shows.

The September 2020 apparent ransomware incident led to a network shutdown throughout the health system's U.S. facilities.