Becker's Healthcare August 10, 2023
Over 40 million patients have been affected by the 327 data breaches that have been reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights since the start of 2023.
One hundred sixty healthcare breaches were reported at the same point in 2022, an increase of over 104 percent, according to Fortified Health Security’s “2023 Mid-Year Horizon Report: The State of Cybersecurity in Healthcare” published in July.
Halfway through 2022, there had been 2 million compromised records from a single data breach. In the first...