For the second consecutive month, the number of reported data breaches of 500 or more healthcare records has fallen, with October seeing the joint-lowest number of reported data breaches this year.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) breach portal shows a 12% month-over-month reduction in the number of healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records.
May 2023 was a particularly bad month for healthcare data breaches. 75 data breaches of 500 or more healthcare records were reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in May.
