While the healthcare industry is undergoing disruptive digital transformation, data breaches involving health information are not usually the result of integration of new technologies. Based on published industry reports, fundamental security safeguards are still considered to be lacking ...
Fewer, but larger, healthcare data breaches reported in 2023 An analysis of 308 reported data breaches suggests cyberattackers have shifted their focus to vulnerabilities in the healthcare supply chain. ByDave MuoioAug 24, 2023 07:40am
In 2023, the most significant healthcare data breach incident in the United States was the HCA Healthcare breach.
Healthcare data breaches tend to last 231 days before they’re discovered, compared to 204 days across other industries. The healthcare industry experienced longer containment periods, an average of 92 days compared with other industries at 73 days. Healthcare organizations took an average of 19 d...
And 2021 has been a particularly dire year for healthcare data breaches, with incidents taking down networks for weeks at a time and potentially leading to disruptions of care throughout the country. To add insult to injury, some hospitals even face legal action after restoring access to their...
The number of healthcare data breaches in 2020 also varied by state, the report shows. California experienced the highest number of breaches, reporting 49. But it was Michigan that had the highest count of individuals affected. This was mainly due to the breach thatoccurred at Livonia, Michigan...
Healthcare organizations will likely continue to face class action lawsuits and allegations of negligence over their handling of data breaches. But the time and money it takes to see these cases through to the end might not be worth it, making settlements a reasonable resolution. ...
A Texas home healthcare provider, a Florida behavioral health services organization, and a New York provider of autism services all disclosed healthcare data breaches recently.
The ways to reduce the risk of healthcare data breaches mentioned above might not be enough without a security risk analysis. Also, the HIPAA security rule requires an assessment to be performed periodically. Healthcare organizations must, at a minimum, conduct an annual analysis to identify vulne...
The main objective is to do an in-depth analysis of healthcare data breaches and draw inferences from them, thereby using the findings to improve healthcare data confidentiality. The study found that hacking/IT incidents are the most prevalent forms of attack behind healthcare data breaches, ...