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Infographic: Privacy breaches – an enduring issue in healthcare

From the mHealthNews archive
By Eric Wicklund , Editor, mHealthNews

Like it or not, there are people out there who want our healthcare data, and they'll do some pretty unsavory things to get it. It's a vexing problem in health systems around the country, and one that will continue to present itself as more and more providers – and their patients – use mobile devices. This infographic from Caradigm puts the issue into perspective.

Thanks to the following sources for providing data for this graphic: Aruba Networks' 2012 Healthcare Mobility Trends Survey, PCWorld, the 3rd Annual HIMSS Analytics Mobile Survey, the Ponemon Institute's Fourth Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy and Data Security, Redspin's 2013 Breach Report on Protected Health Information, FierceHealth IT, FierceHealth IT, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.