{"type":"data","nodes":[{"type":"data","data":[{"mainNavPagesCollection":1,"subnavPagesCollection":26},{"currentSlug":2,"topLevelSlug":-1,"total":3,"items":4},"one-million-data-breaches-in-one-month",6,[5,8,11,14,17,20,23],{"title":6,"slug":7},"Home","",{"title":9,"slug":10},"About GPII","about-gpii",{"title":12,"slug":13},"Why the Need?","why-the-need",{"title":15,"slug":16},"Our Services ","our-services",{"title":18,"slug":19},"Privacy Protection","privacy-protection",{"title":21,"slug":22},"Contact Us","contact-us",{"title":24,"slug":25},"Articles","articles",{"currentSlug":2,"total":27,"items":28},0,[]],"uses":{"params":["slug"]}},{"type":"data","data":[{"title":1,"sanitizedBodyMarkup":2,"published":3,"author":4,"category":7,"tagsCollection":10,"pdf":16,"link":18}," One Million Data Breaches in One Month","\u003Cp>A recent article reported that in the past month there have been nine major healthcare data breachs resulting in the exposure of personal information on more than 1,000,000 patients. This reinforces the need for healthcare to implement improved privacy and security measures to enable proper protection of healthcare information.\u003C/p>\u003Chr>\u003Cp>Recent Data Breaches\n12/27/13\n\u003C/p>\u003Ch2>9 Recent Healthcare Data Breaches\u003C/h2>\u003Cp>Written by Helen Gregg (\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/@HGreggBHR\">Twitter\u003C/a> | \u003Ca href=\"https://plus.google.com/101930374895430717445/posts\">Google+\u003C/a>) | December 19, 2013\n\u003C/p>\u003Cp>Here are nine data breaches that occurred within the past month, starting with the most\nrecent.\u003C/p>\u003Col>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>A third-party vendor removed electronic security safeguards from a Santa Barbara, Calif.-\nbased \u003Ca href=\"http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/data-breach-at-cottage-health-system-affects-32-500.html\">Cottage Health System\u003C/a> server without informing hospital officials, exposing the\ninformation of 32,500 patients.\u003C/p>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>A laptop containing 1,900 \u003Ca href=\"http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/stolen-laptop-compromises-patient-information-at-siu-healthcare.html\">Southern Illinois University HealthCare\u003C/a> patients' data was stolen\nfrom a physician's office.\u003C/p>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>Approximately 49,000 patients were notified of a data breach at \u003Ca href=\"http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/kaiser-permanente-data-breach-affects-49k.html\">Kaiser Permanente's\nAnaheim (Calif.) Medical Center\u003C/a>.\u003C/p>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/horizon-blue-cross-blue-shield-notifies-840k-of-data-breach.html\">Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey\u003C/a> notified approximately 839,711 members that\ntwo unencrypted laptops containing members' personal and health information were stolen\nfrom the insurer's Newark, N.J., headquarters.\u003C/p>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>A laptop and paper files were stolen from \u003Ca href=\"http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/data-breach-at-houston-methodist-hospital-affects-1-300.html\">Houston Methodist Hospital\u003C/a>, compromising the\npersonal and health information of 1,300 patients.\u003C/p>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>Pittsburgh-based \u003Ca href=\"http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/upmc-notifies-1-300-of-data-breach.html\">UPMC\u003C/a> notified 1,300 patients treated at various UPMC locations their\nrecords were inappropriately viewed by a UPMC McKeesport employee.\u003C/p>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>A data breach at the \u003Ca href=\"http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/uw-medicine-data-breach-affects-90-000.html\">University of Washington Medicine in Seattle\u003C/a> compromised the personal\nand health information of 90,000 patients.\u003C/p>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>The theft of a laptop from a \u003Ca href=\"http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/another-ucsf-data-breach-affects-8k.html\">University of California San Francisco\u003C/a> physician compromised the\nhealth information of 8,294 people.\u003C/p>\u003C/li>\u003Cli>\u003Cp>In Fortuna, Calif., \u003Ca href=\"http://www.beckershospitalreview.com/healthcare-information-technology/2-recent-data-breaches-eastside-medical-center-loses-paper-records-redwood-memorial-loses-thumb-drive-with-patient-data.html\">Redwood Memorial Hospital\u003C/a> announced the loss of a thumb drive\ncontaining personal and medical information of 1,039 patients\u003C/p>\u003C/li>\u003C/ol>\u003Cp>\u003C/p>","2013-12-27T00:00:00.000Z",{"firstName":5,"lastName":6},"Barry","Hieb",{"slug":8,"title":9},"industry-news","Industry News",{"total":11,"items":12},1,[13],{"slug":14,"title":15},"data-breach","data breach",{"title":17,"url":17},"",{"title":17,"url":17}],"uses":{"params":["slug"]}}]}