Healthcare Breaches and Medical ID Theft
Do healthcare breaches and Medical ID Theft go hand in hand? I first want to refer back to an article from about two years ago titled Telehealth Creates Creates Cyber Risks. In the article, I stated that “the COVID-19 pandemic has increased consumer risks through cyber scams and medical identity theft.” Fast forward one year to August 4, 2021 article titled Healthcare Data Breaches Most-Common Threats to Date in 2021. The article states, “the healthcare sector is once again in the top position as the most breached economic sector” and “healthcare has been at or near the top of the (data breach) chart since at least 2017.” And again this year, we have seen the trend continue. Hackers hit health companies, insurers with increasing regularity – Inside But Why Medical Records? A primary reason ID theft criminals and cyber thieves target healthcare providers is the Electronic Health Record or EHR. EHR is […]
