breach – Health

Babylon Health admits GP at Hand app data breach caused by ‘software issue’

London-based digital firm Babylon Health has admitted that a data breach occurred that allowed a patient to access recordings of another patient’s consultation via the GP at Hand app. The app, which has more than 2.3 million UK users, allows members to book medical appointments, access a triage chatbot and have consultations with NHS doctors via… Read More »

Blue Button breach stems from coding issue, data of 10K affected

A data breach at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has affected the protected health information of about 10,000 Medicare beneficiaries and 30 applications. Early analysis suggests that the leak of information was a result of a series of missed opportunities by CMS and a third-party application partner. For example, the code that caused… Read More »