The report points to research by the Ponemon Institute that found healthcare data breaches have increased 32 percent since last year and have cost the industry an estimated $6.5 billion last year.
The report also looks at a data breach last spring at the Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative in Waltham, costing the organization nearly $300,000, and one in October at Sutter Health in Sacramento, causing two lawsuits each seeking more than $4 billion.
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