Industry News
Health care data breaches increasing
23% of all data breaches occur in health care, according to a recent Brookings Institution study. The total number of breach victims tripled in the last two years alone and the per-record cost for healthcare data breaches is $363, the highest of any industry.
Healthcare organizations are now sharing digitized personal health data more widely with insurers, third party vendors and other providers and this is contributing to the likelihood of breaches, according to the study. Health care data contain valuable information such as social security numbers and home addresses and criminals are focusing on attacking the health care sector as they can charge premium prices on the black market for this information.
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Healthcare vendor data breach

EqualizeRCM Systems, a billing and collection services vendor in Texas has reported a data breach after an employee’s laptop containing patient information was stolen. A company statement lists eight healthcare providers whose patient data was contained on the stolen laptop. The laptop contained personal information for patients at specific facilities including names, addresses, insurance information, billing information, and other administrative data.
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