HHS finds more than 30,000 health record breaches

The security breaches were relatively small scale but they exposed records of nearly 8 million people, Modern Healthcare reports.

Modern Healthcare: More Than 30,000 Health Record Breaches Since 2009: HHS
About 7.9 million people have had their medical records exposed in more than 30,750 healthcare-related security breaches since breach notification requirements took effect two years ago, according to a report by the HHS secretary and the Office for Civil Rights at HHS. The vast majority of the breaches - more than 30,500 of them - were relatively small-scale mishaps that involved fewer than 500 records each and collectively accounted for the unauthorized disclosure of the records of roughly 62,000 individuals, according to the report to Congress (Conn, 9/6).