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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) provides comprehensive guidance for patients, including their privacy rights concerning the use or disclosure of their medical information. 

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News

  • August 2022 Healthcare Data Breach Report

    September 19, 2022

    For the third successive month, the number of healthcare data breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has fallen.

  • July 2022 Healthcare Data Breach Report

    August 22, 2022

    In July 2022, 66 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the Department of Health.

  • June 2022 Healthcare Data Breach Report

    July 20, 2022

    June 2022 saw 70 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR).

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