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2020 Healthcare Data Breach Report: 25% Increase in Breaches in 2020

HIPAA Journal

Steve Alder

More large healthcare data breaches were reported in 2020 than in any other year since the HITECH Act called for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights to start publishing healthcare data breach figures on its website.

In 2020, healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported at a rate of more than 1.76 per day. 2020 saw 642 large data breaches reported by healthcare providers, health plans, healthcare clearing houses and business associates of those entities – 25% more than 2019, which was also a record-breaking year.

More than twice the number of...

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