In the United States in 2011 there were 380 major data breaches involving 500 or more patients’ records listed on the website kept by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights.[34] So far, from the first wall postings in September 2009 through the latest on Dec. 8 this year, there have been 18,059,831 “individuals affected,” and even that massive number is an undercount of the breach problem. The civil rights office has not released the records of tens of thousands of breaches it has received under a federal reporting mandate on breaches affecting fewer than 500 patients per incident.[35]
Wow, I remember when there was “paper charting” and that it seems may have been more in line with HIPPA. What is next, a chip in the wrist with our social security number so the hundreds of hackers can see all?!
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