How many medical data breaches have occurred and how many people have been affected this far?

In 2018 alone there have been an estimated 2.8 million individuals who have been affected by a healthcare data breach. This boils down to 24 breaches this year alone which is 15 more than 2017.

How can you prevent a medical data breach on your systems?

Prevention is key to ensuring the protection of patient files. However, only 40% of healthcare institutions expressed concern and a majority of the organizations only use 20% of their security budget for incident response for a data breach. Updating systems and security features is key to data breach prevention.

If you are affected by a data breach, how can you respond?

Secure Forensics features fast incident response with our industry-leading network forensic tools and team. We provide specialized on-site forensic services to stop the breach, discover where the breach happened, and educate you on ways to prevent it from happening again.

Medical Data Breach Investigations

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Medical Data Breach Forensics

Medical breaches are not only costly but illegal. Let Secure Forensics investigate to find the perpetrators and mitigate the damage.

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Have you or the institution you represent experienced a medical data breach? A quick and effective response to such action is crucial. Secure Forensics, a leader in medical data breach forensics industry also oversees a private investigative division who works together with our medical breach forensics experts to examine and resolve medical breaches.

Here is some information our medical data breach forensics experts can identify when a medical data breach occurs:

Scope of the Medical Data Breach
What PHI Was Accessed
Identify Parties Involved
Identify What Method Was Used to Breach PHI
Identify a Timeline for the Medical Data Breach
Identify Security Vulnerabilities & Make Suggestions for Fixing These Vulnerabilities

HIPAA VIOLATIONS

HIPAA Violations occur everyday. Every time that a HIPAA Violation happens it opens up your institution or company up to costly liabilities.

HIPAA VIOLATIONS

Secure Forensics has years of investigating and identifying sources and potential sources of HIPAA Violations.

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No matter the scope of your medical data breach, Secure Forensics has an expert team that can help you identify the who, what, where, when and how. Armed with this information you can mitigate your medical data breach and follow through with the parties who were responsible. If you have experienced a medical data breach and need medical data breach forensics please don’t hesitate to give us a call at 800-288-1407

Frequently Asked Questions About Medical Data Breach Forensic Services

Below are answers and questions created specifically about our forensic services for medical data breaches.

You should file a complaint with the U.S Department of Health and Human Services if you are a patient and a HIPAA violation occurred. If you are an employee of a healthcare organization then your first step would be to make your compliance officer aware of a possible violation or breach. There are many different penalties a healthcare provider or organization can face when there is neglect surrounding HIPAA violations. Penalties can include major penalties resulting in payouts to patients between $10,000 to $1.5 million.

The average consolidated cost of a medical data breach is close to $3.8 million per incident. The healthcare industry experiences the highest costs with the average stolen record being around $363. These breaches can cost the healthcare industry upwards of $6 billion each year. To save you the trouble, PR nightmares and costs, contact Secure Forensics to begin implementation of a data breach incident response plan, today.

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