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Panel identifies threats from faxes, snooping, cyber-attacks

By Jerry Zeidenberg

March 3, 2023


Ontario intends to eliminate 80 percent of the faxing done in the healthcare system over the next five years, says Michael Hillmer, ADM, Digital and Analytics Strategy Division, Ministry of Health. That level of faxing is made up of clinicians using the error-prone technology for prescriptions, referrals, lab and diagnostic imaging orders. Read More

NS probe uncovers more than 1,200 privacy breaches

February 15, 2023


Alicia RalphHALIFAX – As part of an ongoing investigation, more than 1,200 privacy breaches were discovered at Nova Scotia Health. The effort began in August 2020, when the organization discovered eight employees snooping into the electronic health records of people associated with the mass casualty events of April 18 and 19, 2020. Read More

Ross Memorial hit by suspected cyber-attack

February 15, 2023


Ross Memorial HospitalLINDSAY, Ont. – Ross Memorial Hospital declared a Code Grey at 10:53 p.m. on Sunday, February 5 due to a suspected cybersecurity incident. The hospital has retained third-party cybersecurity resources to work with its technical experts to investigate the incident according to industry best practices. Read More

Haliburton Highlands experiences Code Grey outage

February 15, 2023


Carolyn PlummerHALIBURTON, Ont. – Haliburton Highlands Health Services declared a Code Grey on Sunday due to an external cybersecurity issue. Officials say the issue has impacted HHHS’s access to the shared integrated information technology system with Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay. The code signals an infrastructure loss or failure. Read More

No place for faxes in healthcare: Ontario IPC

January 25, 2023


Patricia KosseimTORONTO – The Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario (IPC) has concluded its review of the high number of privacy breaches at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton due to misdirected faxes. The IPC became aware of the issue at St. Joseph’s after noticing an unusually high number of reported incidents in the hospital’s 2020 annual statistical report. All health information custodians in Ontario are required by law to submit these reports to the IPC annually. Read More

UHN suffers computer failure, looking for the cause

January 11, 2023


UHN hospitalsTORONTO – The University Health Network experienced a day of computer system outages on Monday, forcing it to declare a code grey. The system failure led to the delay of some patient-care procedures, but the hospital was able to restore its computers by the next day. Read More

US healthcare ransomware attacks doubled in 5 years

January 11, 2023


hackerCHICAGO – Over a five-year period, the number of ransomware attacks against U.S. healthcare delivery organizations more than doubled, according to a recent study published in JAMA Health Forum. Ransomware attacks within the healthcare industry are particularly devastating, as the cyber criminals can access personal health information (PHI), as well as potentially disrupt care delivery. Read More

Cyber-criminals apologize for attacking SickKids

January 4, 2023


SickKids signTORONTO – The LockBit ransomware gang – which uses sophisticated viruses to “lock up” data until the organization under attack pays up – has apologized for targeting the Hospital for Sick Children and released a decryptor for free. According to reports on the Internet, the group’s members are prohibited from attacking healthcare organizations. Read More

Personal health data vulnerable in BC, commissioner says

January 4, 2023


Michael McEvoyVICTORIA – Sensitive personal health records of British Columbia residents, from mental health to sexually transmitted disease histories, are “disturbingly” vulnerable to leaks, the provincial privacy watchdog says. Information and privacy commissioner Michael McEvoy (pictured) says in a report released by his office in December that security gaps in the public health computer system put it at risk of abuse by bad actors, from cyber criminals to jilted lovers looking for information about an ex. Read More

Retired doc’s patient records found in dumpster

January 4, 2023


Ronald Kruzeniski 2019PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A retired doctor who was careless with medical records that were meant to be shredded needs to notify former patients whose personal data might have been breached, Saskatchewan’s information and privacy commissioner says. Dr. Lalita Malhotra, a retired doctor in Prince Albert, did not undertake “adequate efforts” to contain or investigate the breach, and did not provide notice about it, Ronald J. Kruzeniski (pictured) wrote in a decision dated Dec. 5. Read More

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