Healthcare remains prime target for hackers

Modern Healthcare: Healthcare data breaches have risen nearly every year from 2010 through 2017 and the security risks jeopardize hundreds of millions of patient records, according to a new study.

Healthcare organizations experienced more than 2,149 data breaches from 2010 to 2017, an analysis published Tuesday in JAMA found. Data breaches increased every year except 2015, jumping from 199 in 2010 to 344 in 2017, based on data from HHS' Office for Civil Rights. All in all, 176.4 million patient records were impacted.

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