This year’s healthcare data breach roundup spotlights the overwhelming challenges with third-party vendors in the sector and the rippling effect across entities from a singular incident.
Recently, Precision Eye Care, Ltd. reported that it is the latest in a long list of eye care practices affected by the Eye Care Leaders data breach. According to a notice posted on the.
The ransomware attack and data compromise of the electronic health record and practice management vendor is now nearly the largest healthcare data breach reported so far this year, with at least 20 covered entities issuing notices from the December incident.
Recently, Texas Tech University Health Science Center (“TTUHSC”) confirmed a data breach after Eye Care Leaders, a third-party vendor of TTUHSC, reported a data security incident.
This week’s breach roundup includes multiple email account hacks and is led by a ransomware attack on Yuma Regional Medical Center, which enabled the theft of patient data.