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Saint Luke’s Health System, others affected by breach

A growing list of health systems have reported being affected by the Blackbaud security breach, Kansas City-based Saint Luke’s among them. Notification of the breach was first sent out in July, the number of impacted U.S. health systems now at around 21.

The Blackbaud security breach has touched yet more healthcare systems in the U.S., this week nine more health organizations added to the list of those reporting they have been affected.

On the existing list of breach victims includes Kansas City-based Saint Luke’s Health System.

Notification of the breach was originally sent out in July, Saint Luke’s joining 11 others, a number which has now climbed to 21.

Blackbaud is a company that stores donor information for organizations including health systems. The company first began detecting the breach between Feb. 7 and May 20, though did not release notifications until July.

Health systems affected include:

1. The Christ Hospital Health Network in Cincinnati.
2. UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester, Mass.
3. Vidant Health in Greenville, N.C.
4. Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston.
5. ChristianaCare in Newark, Del.
6. Trinity Health in Livonia, Mich.
7. Montefiore Medical Center in New York City.
8. Catholic Medical Center in Manchester, N.H.
9. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City

10. Atrium Health (Charlotte, N.C.): N/A

11.Catholic Health (Buffalo, N.Y.): N/A
12. MultiCare Health System (Tacoma, Wash.) 300,000
13. Northern Light Health Foundation (Brewer, Maine): 657,392
14. NorthShore University HealthSystem (Evanston, Ill.): 348,000
15. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare (Chicago): 55,983
16. Saint Luke’s Health System (Kansas City, Mo.): 360,212
17. Spectrum Health (Grand Rapids, Mich.): 52,500
18. UF Health (Gainesville, Fla.): 135,959
19. UK HealthCare (Lexington, Ky.): 163,000
20. UT Health San Antonio: N/A
21. Inova Health System (Falls Church, Va.): 1,045,270