A new report issued by Safetica USA has organized data breaches affecting over 500 individuals that were self-reported to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in 2016 into a list by state and records exposed.

The report identifies the states in which health care providers who reported a data breach are located by the number of breaches and how many records were affected. According to the report, nationally in 2016, 41.5 percent of the reported breaches were caused by unauthorized access or disclosure, 31.8 percent were caused by hacking and/or information technology incidents, 19 percent were caused by theft, 5.4 percent were caused by loss, and 2.3 percent were caused by improper disposal. These statistics are a road map for health care providers on mapping the risks to health care data.
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