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The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has posted 100 data breaches affecting 500 or more patients as of June 19, 2010. The breaches affected 3,445,233. OCR has added 12 sites since May 20, 2010.
Physical security continues to be the leading problem. Theft accounted for the lion's share of breaches: 65 incidents affecting 2,836,823 patients.
Stolen laptops accounted for 32 breaches involving theft and affecting 1,438,447 patients. Paper records remain a concern as they were involved in 21 breaches affecting almost 60,000 patients.
Health Information Privacy/Security Alert
Melamedia, LLC
June 19, 2010
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