In January, 61 data breaches of 500 or more records were reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
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.
