PHI breaches jumped 25% in 2014

Between 2009 and 2014, more than 40 million Americans' protected health information was compromised, not including the recently reported breach at Anthem affecting 80 million people.

In 2014, 9 million patient records were impacted, which is approximately 25 percent more than in 2013, according to Redspin, a healthcare IT security assessment service.

Additionally, more than half of the breaches in 2014 were due to hackers, Redspin reports.

More articles on data breaches:

Patient identity theft jumps 22% in 2014 
Will hired hackers hit healthcare? 
Opinion: Healthcare has no incentive to keep patient data secure 

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