| Health Data Breaches on the Rise |
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| Written by The Buzz | |||
| Monday, 12 December 2011 19:38 | |||
Health data security breaches have increased by 32%, reports Government Health IT. The rise is due mostly to employees handling the data incorrectly. With that in mind, there are several steps a healthcare organization can take to minimize the risk of a data breach. The steps include auditing personally identifiable information, creating an incident response plan and reviewing contracts with business associates to make sure they are handling sensitive information correctly. Click here to read the full article. | |||
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About the Author: Jeff Merron is a full-time freelance editor, journalist, and copywriter who has written for the New York Times Magazine, ESPN.com, Slate, Byte Magazine, Macworld, Consumers Digest, and many other national publications. He's also a regular contributor to IT Business Insider and 108, a baseball magazine. He has a Ph.D. in Mass Communication Research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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