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How remote patient monitoring safeguards patient care and optimizes workflows

August 1, 2023

The healthcare sector has seen some of the most significant advances in technology. From hospital-based machinery to health trackers, technology providers are continually innovating to help practitioners monitor patient health.

Philadelphia healthcare facility suffers ransomware attack

Security Staff

June 20, 2023

Philadelphia healthcare facility Vincera has issued a notice following a ransomware attack in April of 2023 that compromised patient data.

Experts warn of healthcare sector cybersecurity risks

Security Staff

March 21, 2023

The healthcare sector continues to face a significant increase in cybersecurity threats putting patients’ lives and personal data at risk.

Why hackers are attacking healthcare more frequently?

Jonathan Jesneck

February 7, 2023

Attacks present challenges for the medical community. Governments and institutions must work together to create a secure environment for patient data.

Broward Health data breach affected 1.3m patients, staff

Maria Henriquez

January 5, 2022

Broward Health, a healthcare system in South Florida, suffered a data breach in October 2021 that impacted patient and employee personal information.

Data from 400,000 Planned Parenthood patients compromised

Madeline Lauver

December 2, 2021

Planned Parenthood Los Angeles has suffered a data breach that compromised the information of over 400,000 patients.

NHS to share sensitive health data of all GP patients with third party database

NHS England to share sensitive healthcare data with third-party database

May 27, 2021

As NHS England announced this week they will share more than 55 million patient's mental and sexual health and criminal and abuse records with third-party researchers, the question for other healthcare organizations becomes, are you doing the same, and how do you keep patient data safe?

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