Becker's Healthcare August 6, 2024
Hospital and health system vendors continue to be targeted in cyberattacks in 2024, creating data breaches that ultimately affect healthcare organizations.
These breaches compromised protected health information across the U.S.
In 2024 health systems across the U.S., such as Staten Island (N.Y.) University Hospital, Aurora, Colo.-based UCHealth, Manchester, N.H.-based Catholic Medical Center, Memphis, Tenn.-based Regional One Health and St. Louis-based SSM Health reported that patients’ protected health information was compromised due to a breach at vendors they work with.
In addition, the cyberattack that is being called the “most significant and consequential cyberattack in American history,” happened Feb. 21 against UnitedHealth Group’s Change Healthcare.
Change Healthcare provides revenue cycle management...