Health IT Security November 30, 2021
More than 550 organizations reported healthcare data breaches to HHS in 2021, impacting over 40 million individuals.
– As required by HITECH and HIPAA, covered entities must report healthcare data breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI) affecting 500 or more individuals to HHS’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
Once reported, OCR posts healthcare data breach information on its breach portal, which is publicly available. Sometimes referred to as the HIPAA “wall of shame,” the portal provides information on the number of individuals impacted, the breach submission date, type of breach, and the location of the breached information.
The portal’s 2021 entries show the continuation of a troubling trend—as the pandemic continues to overwhelm providers...
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