CEO SUMMARY: While clinical laboratory managers and pathologists are aware of the risks of a data breach, they often assume that related protection measures are working as needed. That is a mistake. With the cost of healthcare data breaches on the rise, it is vitally important for labs and hospitals to ensure that their defenses […]
Labs Must Audit Their Cybersecurity Measures
During 2022, five labs reported data breaches; two cases involved more than 300,000 patients
- By Scott Wallask
- > From the Volume XXIX, No. 14 - October 10, 2022 Issue
- Tags: AMCA, American Medical Collection Agency, Bako Diagnostics, Ben Denkers, Comparitech, CSI Laboratories, cybercriminal, CynergisTek, data breach, Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, HHS, HIPAA, IBM, lab risk & compliance, LabCorp, Laboratorio Clinico Caparros, Laboratorio Clinico Toleda, Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network, MPLN, Optum360, Phishing
