
HIPAA Breach News Is Misleading: The Real Problem Is Unencrypted Patient Data
The headlines blame ransomware. The root cause is simpler and more fixable: unencrypted patient data sitting exposed across practice networks, laptops, and email systems.
5 articles on security & cyber threats for independent healthcare practices.

The headlines blame ransomware. The root cause is simpler and more fixable: unencrypted patient data sitting exposed across practice networks, laptops, and email systems.

An agentic AI vendor suffered a breach that exposed 480,000+ patient records. If your practice is evaluating AI tools, the questions you need to ask just changed.

Hacker-related breaches now account for the vast majority of exposed patient records. Independent practices are the fastest-growing target — and the least prepared.

A HIPAA compliance vendor running jQuery 1.x and unpatched dependencies is not protecting your practice. It is introducing risk you cannot see.

The Change Healthcare breach was not just a corporate disaster. It froze billing, halted claims, and left independent practices unable to operate for weeks.
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