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Medical data breaches most often caused by theft
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 07:34:03 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.ama-assn.org/amednews/2010/08/30/bisf0903.htm The best defense physician practices can take against data breaches might be to keep a more watchful eye for thieves. The Health Information Trust Alliance in August published an analysis of the 108 breaches that were reported to the Dept. of Health and Human Services from Sept. 23, 2009, to mid-July. The study found that the only type of breach experienced by every industry sector -- and often the biggest cause of a breach -- was theft. Health plans and physician practices were the biggest targets. The analysis found that 68 of the 108 reported breaches were the result of theft. Of those thefts, 24 were at physician practices and involved a total of 318,478 patient records (www.hitrustcentral.net/blogs/ht/archive/2010/08/02/update-an-analysis-of-hhs-breach-data.aspx). [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () 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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