Health Care Organizations Report Data Breaches, Settlements

Several health care organizations recently have reported and resolved incidents of health data breaches.

Cincinnati-based UC Health Breach

On Saturday, the Cincinnati-based UC Health hospital networkdisclosed a data breach affecting the personal information of more than 1,000 patients, Dayton Daily News reports.

UC-Health in September discovered nine incidents dating back to August 2014 in which emails containing patient data were mistakenly sent to email addresses at an unauthorized domain. Officials said the domain is similar to one authorized by UC Health. For the full article click here 

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