HIPAA Journal May 23, 2023
There was a 17.5% month-over-month fall in the number of reported healthcare data breaches with 52 breaches of 500 or more records reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) – less than the 12-month average of 58 breaches per month, and one less than in April 2022.
One of the largest healthcare data breaches of the year was reported in April, but there was still a significant month-over-month reduction in breached records, which fell by 30.7% to 4,425,891 records. The total is less than the 12-month average of 4.9 million records a month, although more than twice the number of records that were breached in April 2022.
Largest Healthcare Data Breaches Reported in April 2023
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