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HIPAA Data Breaches: A Case Study

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HIPAA Data Breaches When a patient discloses his or her personal information to the medical staff, it is with confidence that the information is secure. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. The article that I reviewed discussed the number of security breaches that can legally remain anonymous along with those that go unresolved. There has been a substantial increase in the number of data breaches since 2009. According to McCann (2014), that number of patients affected is “29.3 million” and “138 percent” increase in just two years indicates there is a security problem (para 1). When it comes to HIPAA data breaches, there are guidelines that must be met that indicate whether the breach needs to be divulged. “Breaches involving the
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