Errors caused unintentional U.S. health data breaches 2017

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Ani Petrosyan,
Jan 9, 2024
This statistic depicts the percentage of accidental health data breaches in the U.S. that were committed due to select errors. According to the survey, 38.2 percent of accidental health data breaches were due to misdelivery of information.

Percentage of U.S. health data breaches that were caused unintentionally due to select errors in 2017

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Release date

March 2018

Region

United States

Survey time period

2017

Number of respondents

442 respondents

Special properties

incidents caused by unintentional actions

Supplementary notes

The source does not provide any information regarding percentage points exceeding 100 percent.

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