In 2008, Seven Million Individuals’ Electronic Health Information Released in Data Breaches

OPEN MINDS Weekly News Wire Strategic Health Care News In 2008, there were about 360 data breaches that affected the privacy and security of seven million electronic health records. In contrast, paper records were affected by 89 breaches of security that affected 559,386 records. The electronic breaches had a variety of causes: 4.3 million due to electronic data loss during transmissions 2.2 million due to subcontractors security issues 335,805 due to accidental exposure 94,809 due to insider theft 12,000 breaches due to hacking Health privacy rights in the next presidential administration was topic of . . .