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Tremendous Rise in Patient Data Breaches Since February

ihealthbeat.org

The number of entities that have reported major patient information breaches to HHS' Office for Civil Rights nearly tripled from 32 in February to 93 by June 11, HealthLeaders Media reports. The health IT provisions of the 2009 federal economic stimulus package require OCR to publicize information about any breaches involving 500 or more individuals. The requirement was included in the interim final rule on breach notification, which took effect in September 2009.

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