Physical theft and physical loss of health records constituted about 63 percent of disclosed Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act security violations, according to a Software Advice report.
While some physicians are cautious to place patient records on cloud-based electronic health record systems due to potential hacking, unauthorized access/disclosure and actual hacking of EHRs only constituted 22 percent of HIPAA violations, the report said.
The report also noted that cloud-based EHR systems have all data stored on the software company's server off site, but 75 percent of the HIPAA breach locations were on-site computers or hard drives and paper records. Only 12 percent of breach locations involved computer networks.
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While some physicians are cautious to place patient records on cloud-based electronic health record systems due to potential hacking, unauthorized access/disclosure and actual hacking of EHRs only constituted 22 percent of HIPAA violations, the report said.
The report also noted that cloud-based EHR systems have all data stored on the software company's server off site, but 75 percent of the HIPAA breach locations were on-site computers or hard drives and paper records. Only 12 percent of breach locations involved computer networks.
Read the Software Advice article on HIPAA violations.
Related Articles on HIPAA:
Frequency of Hospital Data Breaches May Impede Meaningful Use Efforts
Proposed HIPAA Change Would Allow People to Learn Who Accessed Protected Health Information
UIHC Radiologist, Health System Battle Over HIPAA, Patient Safety Claims