Over 1,400 Health Data Breaches, but Few Fines

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Updated: December 18, 2015

by Sisi Wei and Charles Ornstein, ProPublica, Feb. 27, 2015, Last Updated: December 18, 2015

Since October 2009, health care organizations and their business partners have reported 1,419 large-scale data breaches, each affecting at least 500 people, to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Of those, nineteen breaches have resulted in fines. Related Story »

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Breaches in reverse chronological order. Showing 1,419 breaches below.

Each section represents a breach