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Fringe Medical Data breach study
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:29:14 -0500
From Information week: http://bit.ly/9atMFV Medical Data at Risk By Nicole Lewis InformationWeek April 7, 2010 10:07 AM Theft of computer equipment, staff and third-party negligence, and inside hackers caused the majority of patient data breaches. A new study from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society reports that since January 2008, more than 110 healthcare organizations have reported the loss of sensitive patient data affecting over 5,306,000 individuals. The findings, published in the 2010 HIMSS Analytics Report: Security of Patient Data, show that the vast majority of the 250 healthcare IT and security professionals surveyed have policies, procedures and technology in place at their organizations to prevent data theft. But changes made to protect medical records haven't curbed the number of reported breaches, which increased six percent since 2008. ... _______________________________________________ Dataloss-discuss Mailing List (dataloss-discuss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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