Report: Health Data Breaches are Surging With no end in Sight

“Attacks on our health data continue — that’s no secret — but where these breaches come from is still a matter of question. Whether they come from within or without, the number of these breaches remains consistently high.”

“According to new research by the Ponemon Institue, nearly 90 percent of all healthcare organizations have been breached over the past two years, and about half of those estimate they’ve been breach more than five times over that same period.”

Ponomon suggests criminal attacks are the primary reason for breaches in healthcare, and “internal problems such as mistakes — unintentional employee actions, third-party snafus and stolen computing devices — account for the other half of data breaches.” Ponemon studied healthcare organizations (91) and business associates (84).

“No matter who is responsible for a breach, most in the report said they think healthcare is more vulnerable to breach than other industries.”

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