• Sixty-eight percent of healthcare data breaches since 2010 occurred when devices or files were lost or stolen, with only 23 percent caused due to hacking.
• Forty-eight percent of breaches involved a laptop, desktop or mobile device.
• Four percent of breaches accounted for 80 percent of total records compromised.
• Healthcare organizations are fined up to $50,000 per HIPAA violation, or up to $1,500,000 per calendar year per identical violation.
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