According to the LA Times, roughly 150 people (from doctors and nurses to technicians and billing clerks) have access to at least part of a patient’s records. 600,000 payers, providers and other entities that handle providers’ billing data have some access. Multiple access points over an open network like the Internet increases possible patient data interception. The growth of electronic healthcare records creates new issues, since electronic data may be physically much more difficult to secure, as lapses in data security are increasingly being reported.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2136327/morphine-hit-please.html