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News

  • July 2020 Healthcare Data Breach Report

    Source:

    HIPAA Journal
    August 19, 2020

    July saw a major fall in the number of reported data breaches of 500 or more healthcare records, dropping below the 12-month average of 39.83 breaches per month.

  • June 2020 Healthcare Data Breach Report

    Source:

    HIPAA Journal
    July 24, 2020

    The sharp drop in healthcare data breaches seen in May proved to be short lived, with June seeing a major increase in data breaches.

  • May 2020 Healthcare Data Breach Report

    Source:

    HIPAA Journal
    June 23, 2020

    May 2020 saw a marked fall in the number of reported healthcare data breaches compared to April, with 28 data breaches of 500 or more records reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights.

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