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August 2022 Healthcare Data Breach Report

HIPAA Journal

Electronic Medical Record. Data Breached by HIPAA Regulated Entity. Health plans were the worst affected HIPAA-regulated entity, with 35 data breaches reported. HIPAA Enforcement Activity in August 2022. The improper disposal of empty specimen containers with patient labels spanned from 2011 to 2021.

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Thought Leadership: Security in the Cloud

HIT Consultant

It’s worth noting that compared to all of the business sectors surveyed, healthcare organizations take the most security measures, according to Nathan Coutinho, manager of enterprise server, storage, and virtualization solutions for CDW, which he attributes to federal HIPAA mandates. Watertown, Mass.,