Data breaches of protected health information affecting more than 500 healthcare records are required to be listed on HHS’ breach portal.
Four details:
- In March, there were 1,116,997 health records compromised in data breaches at 36 organizations.
- In April, that number nearly doubled to 2,121,186 health records affected at 41 organizations.
- March’s numbers tripled those affected in February, when just 351,709 health records were compromised, signalling that cyberattacks on healthcare organizations are not slowing down.
- The largest data breach in April was at Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, where 586,869 were affected as part of a nationwide attack on Accellion, which has affected at least seven other healthcare organizations.
