The recently released Protenus Healthcare Breach Barometer report notes that in January, 2018, at least 473,807 patient records were compromised in 37 breaches reported to the Office for Civil Rights. Twelve of the reported breaches were attributable to insiders, which was 32 percent of the data breaches reported in January. Seven of those incidents were
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March Sees an Uptick in Health Data Breaches
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Posted in Data Breach, Health Information Privacy
The monthly breach report issued by Protenus last week outlining data breaches that occurred in the month of March concludes that there was an “uptick in the number of health data breach incidents.”
According to the report, there were 39 incidents last month that involved health information, compromising 1.5 million patient records. A whopping 44…
Report Summarizes Healthcare Data Breaches in January 2017
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Health care data breaches are not slowing. According to a report issued by Protenus, in conjunction with www.databreaches.net, the summary of healthcare data breaches in 2017 continues where 2016 left off.
In January 2017, there were 31 data breaches reported to the Office for Civil Rights. The breaches resulted in the compromise of 388,307…