The volume of major health data breaches is declining, but a disturbing trend is developing that reflects the vulnerability of critical vendors and the tenacity of
The volume of major health data breaches is declining, but a disturbing trend is developing that reflects the vulnerability of critical vendors and the tenacity of
Data breaches in healthcare decreased by 15% between the second half of 2022 and the first six months of 2023 but individuals affected by such breaches rose from 31 million to 40 million, which is the highest on record, with the increase attributed to the impact from breaches at Managed Care of North America and PharMerica, which are the third- and fourth-largest on record, respectively, reports FierceHealthcare.
Despite a 15% overall drop in data breaches, a new report from Critical Insight found that 40 million patient records were exposed in healthcare cyber breaches