Baltimore, Maryland-based startup Protenus has raised $11 million in a Series B round led by Kaiser Permanente Ventures and F-Prime Capital Partners. Arthur Ventures, LionBird Venture Capital and Cognosante Ventures also participated.
A new analysis from Rockville, Maryland-based Cryptonite found that ransomware is on the rise. While there were 19 healthcare ransomware events reported to HHS/OCR in 2016, there were 36 in 2017.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
The latest Breach Barometer from Protenus and DataBreaches.net details that the single largest incident in November was a ransomware attack on the Hackensack Sleep and Pulmonary Center in New Jersey. It impacted 16,747 patient records.
According to a survey from HIMSS Analytics and Mimecast, healthcare IT professionals consider email to be the number one potential source of cyberattacks. Email outranked various other likely sources, including EMRs, laptops and paper.
According to the latest Protenus Breach Barometer report, there were 37 health data breaches disclosed to HHS or the media in October, impacting 246,246 patient records.
It's hard to ignore how much hype AI is getting in healthcare. Companies are touting how artificial intelligence can be applied to various areas of the healthcare space. But where does it fit in when it comes to data breach prevention?
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The latest Breach Barometer from Protenus found there were 33 breach incidents in August. While 54.5 percent of them were due to hacking, 27.3 percent were caused by insiders.
A D.C. appeals court has granted CareFirst's request to file an appeal with the Supreme Court. "[T]he Supreme Court has yet to examine the issue of standing in the context of a data breach case," the health insurer noted in its motion.
Fourteen years is a lengthy amount of time, but that's how long it took Massachusetts-based Tewksbury Hospital to uncover an insider incident. The finding comes from Protenus' latest Breach Barometer.
On Tuesday, pharma giant Merck & Co confirmed its computer network had been compromised as part of a vicious new cybersecurity attack, which also impacted at least one U.S. health network and many large corporations.
Gabby Everett, the site director for BioLabs Pegasus Park, offered a tour of the space and shared some examples of why early-stage life science companies should choose North Texas.