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Healthcare Data Breach Statistics

HIPAA Journal

There has also been a downward trend in improper disposal incidents and unauthorized access/disclosure incidents, but data breaches continue to increase due to a massive increase in hacking incidents and ransomware attacks.In In 2019, hacking accounted for 49% of all reported breaches.

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Best Cybersecurity Practices for Patient Data Sharing in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

Ransomware attacks make up the bulk of incidents seen today. The cost of responding to and recovering from a breach in this industry has been higher than that of any other sector since 2011, according to a report by IBM and the Ponemon Institute. IBM and the Ponemon Institute peg the average cost of these incidents at $10.9