HealthLeaders Media April 13, 2021
The study found that hacking incidents increased for the fifth consecutive year.
A version of this article was first published April 13, 2021, by HCPro’s Revenue Cycle Advisor, a sibling publication to HealthLeaders.
Hacking incidents in healthcare increased dramatically as organizations dealt with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic throughout 2020, according to a recent report from Protenus, a Baltimore-based healthcare analytics company.
The 2021 Breach Barometer, which was published by Protenus in March, covers 758 health data breaches reported to HHS, the media, or other sources during the 2020 calendar year.
The study found that hacking incidents increased for the fifth consecutive year. Overall, 470 hacking incidents were reported in 2020, an increase of 42% from the previous year.
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