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February 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report

There has been a 36% month-over-month reduction in healthcare data breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in February.
January 2025 Healthcare Data Breach Report

December was a relatively quiet month for healthcare data breaches but data breaches were reported at a higher-than-average level in January.
December 2024 Healthcare Data Breach Report

It was a relatively quiet end to the year in terms of healthcare data breaches reported to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in December.
November 2024 Healthcare Data Breach Report

There has been a 15.3% month-over-month increase in healthcare data breaches reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in November.

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October 2024 Healthcare Data Breach Report

By HIPAA Journal

November 22, 2024

In October, 57 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights.
September 2024 Healthcare Data Breach Report

By HIPAA Journal

October 23, 2024

Apart from a blip in August, the number of healthcare data breaches reported each month has fallen from an annual high of 97 breaches in March 2024.
August 2024 Healthcare Data Breach Report

By HIPAA Journal

September 23, 2024

There was a slight increase in large healthcare data breaches in August, reversing a four-month trend of falling data breaches.
July 2024 Healthcare Data Breach Report

By HIPAA Journal

August 20, 2024

In July 2024, 43 healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
June 2024 Healthcare Data Breach Report

By HIPAA Journal

July 19, 2024

In June 2024, 47 data breaches of 500 or more healthcare records were reported to the HHS’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR)
May 2024 Healthcare Data Breach Report

By HIPAA Journal

June 24, 2024

There has been a fall in the number of reported healthcare data breaches for the second consecutive month to the lowest monthly total since October 2023.