"Hacking Accounted For Nearly 80% of Healthcare Data Breaches Last Year"

According to Fortified Health Security's "2023 Horizon Report," nearly 80 percent of healthcare data breaches reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in 2022 were connected to hacking and Information Technology (IT) incidents, a 45 percent rise from five years ago. Furthermore, 70 percent of reported breaches affected healthcare providers. Business associates and health plans represented a smaller part of the overall number of affected organizations. In 2022, 51.4 million healthcare records were compromised, up from 49.4 million in 2021. As previously reported, many of the top ten most significant healthcare data breaches reported to HHS in 2022 were caused by third-party vendors, highlighting the need for improved third-party risk management. According to Fortified Health Security, these trends are expected to persist into 2023. This article continues to discuss key findings from Fortified Health Security's 2023 Horizon Report and how healthcare organizations can minimize internal and external cyber threats. 

HealthITSecurity reports "Hacking Accounted For Nearly 80% of Healthcare Data Breaches Last Year"