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Healthcare Data Breaches Halved in JanuaryThe number of month-on-month healthcare information breaches of 500 or additional information reported throughout the United States used to be halved in January, in retaining with new research through the HIPAA Journal.While December 2020 spotted 62 such incidents recorded, only 32 were recorded in January 2021. The 32 breaches happened right through 18 states. Florida, where six of the breaches happened, used to be the worst affected state. The magazine well-known: While this is correctly underneath the typical num
Healthcare Data Breaches Halved in JanuaryThe number of month-on-month healthcare data breaches of 500 or more records reported in the United States was halved in January, according to new research by the HIPAA Journal.While December 2020 saw 62 such incidents recorded, only 32 were recorded in January 2021. The 32 breaches occurred across 18 states. Florida, where six of the breaches took place, was the worst affected state. The journal noted: While this is well below the average num

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