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A Fresh Look at Healthcare Data Breach Numbers

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) tracks healthcare data breaches of electronic protected health information (ePHI) The OCR provides an interactive online tool for examining ePHI exposure incidents, and the source data is available for download. Some of the records, only 14% (ish), have associated comments, or a narrative that provides details about the incident. The results were not extrapolated, but the projected number of incidents and the current run rate is close to close. In the end of 2013, projected incidents were reported between 2009 and 2013.”]

Source: https://securityintelligence.com/healthcare-data-breach-numbers/

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