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2019 Data Security Incidents Are Pummeling Providers

Published on Wed Sep 11, 2019

Hint: Hackers are pushing healthcare’s limits. The feds had a banner year in 2018, reporting a record number of data breaches involving the loss of patients’ ePHI. But as data security incidents pile up, it looks like 2019 is set to trample previous years’ breach numbers. Background: Breach statistics suggest that healthcare is taking a beating so far in 2019. [...]
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