HIPAA Journal October 12, 2023
By Steve Alder

Due to a lack of reporting transparency, it is difficult to accurately determine the true scale of healthcare data breaches and why they happen. Nonetheless, security experts are in agreement that the adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) by cybercriminals will lead to an increase in healthcare data breaches.

To find out the scale of healthcare data breaches and why they happen, researchers tend to review the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Data Breach Portal – a database of data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals reported by healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and business associates subject to the requirements of the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule.

However, according to the most recent HHS report to Congress, the data...

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Topics: AI (Artificial Intelligence), Cybersecurity, Govt Agencies, Health IT, Health System / Hospital, HHS, HIPAA, Provider, Survey / Study, Technology, Trends
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