The inability of retail giants like Target and Neiman Marcus to protect customer data from an alleged foreign hacker got national attention recently. But when a large healthcare system experiences a security breach that puts the protected health information (PHI) of thousands of patients at risk, it is often the case that few outside of the industry ever hear about it.
The inability of retail giants like Target and Neiman Marcus to protect customer data from an alleged foreign hacker got national attention recently. But when a large healthcare system experiences a security breach that puts the protected health information (PHI) of thousands of patients at risk, it is often the case that few outside of the industry ever hear about it.
While healthcare IT security breaches have been increasing over the past few years, they are being detected much more quickly.
