Causes of healthcare data breaches in the U.S. December 2021

In December 2021, most healthcare data breaches in the United States happened as a result of hacking or IT-related incidents. The number of such cases was 46 in the examined month. The next most common cause for data breaches was unauthorized access or disclosure, in 5 cases. Loss and theft were less common reasons of data breaches in the healthcare system of the United States in December 2021. There were more data breaches of over 500 records in 2021 than ever before in the U.S. healthcare industry.