Most of State’s Data Breach Claims Are Substantiated
The California Department of Public Health has received 3,766 patient data breach notifications from Jan. 1, 2009, through May 31, 2010, and has found that nearly 99% of the breaches were "substantiated medical breaches." The state's data breach reporting requirements differ from federal regulation, which allows health care providers to determine the "harm threshold" of a breach and report breaches only when they deem that the breach would significantly harm the individual involved.
- "With No Harm Threshold, Nearly All Breaches Substantiated in CA" (Nicastro, HealthLeaders Media, 8/26).