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14% of all healthcare data breaches
233 unauthorized access/disclosure breaches have been reported to the HHS OCR Breach Portal, affecting 26,736,852 patients nationwide.
After a unauthorized access/disclosure breach notification, review the letter to understand what data was exposed, request your medical records to check for unauthorized changes, place a fraud alert on your credit, and consider free credit monitoring if offered by the breached entity. You may also file a complaint with the HHS Office for Civil Rights or consult an attorney about your legal options.
Unauthorized access/disclosure breaches occur when employees or insiders access patient records without authorization, or when protected health information is accidentally sent to wrong recipients.
Staff may look up records of patients they are not treating (snooping), email records to incorrect recipients, misconfigure access controls, or fail to properly restrict who can view patient files.
California · 2024-04-12 · 13,400,000 affected
Ohio · 2023-07-27 · 3,180,537 affected
Delaware · 2023-03-01 · 3,179,835 affected
Pennsylvania · 2024-06-21 · 1,276,026 affected
Illinois · 2026-01-09 · 705,017 affected
New York · 2023-09-29 · 630,755 affected
North Carolina · 2024-12-02 · 585,959 affected
North Carolina · 2022-10-14 · 495,808 affected
Kentucky · 2022-10-31 · 438,713 affected
Connecticut · 2023-09-07 · 315,915 affected
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Unauthorized Access/Disclosure accounts for 14% of all healthcare data breaches, with 233 incidents reported to the HHS OCR Breach Portal affecting 26,736,852 patients nationwide.
After a unauthorized access/disclosure breach, you should: review the notification letter for what data was exposed, request copies of your medical records to check for changes, place fraud alerts on your credit reports, and consider filing complaints with HHS OCR and your state attorney general. You may also be eligible for compensation through legal action.
Disclaimer: This page provides educational information about unauthorized access/disclosure healthcare data breaches. It is not legal advice. Data is sourced from the HHS OCR Breach Portal and may not reflect the most current information. Consult a qualified attorney for specific legal questions about a data breach affecting you.