The HITECH Act requires HHS to post a publicly available list of all healthcare data breaches affecting more than 500 people.
This data reveals the top five causes of these breaches over the past six months:
- Theft (35)
- Unauthorized access/disclosure (16)
- Loss (5)
- Hacking/ IT Incident (2)
- Improper disposal (1)
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