Institute:Office of National Coordinator (ONC) Workforce Training Curriculum
Component:The Culture of Health Care
Unit:Privacy, Confidentiality, and Security
Lecture:Definitions of privacy, confidentiality, and security
Slide content:Patient Information Disclosures Continued Privacy Rights Clearinghouse provides searchable Chronology of Data Breachesnot limited to medical http://www.privacyrights.org/data-breach HHS (2016a) must post list of breaches of unsecured PHI affecting 500 or more individuals ( wall of shame ) https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf 2015 top 10 data breaches accounted for just over 111 million records; the top six breaches affected at least 1 million individuals 10
Slide notes:Two websites are devoted to documentation of disclosures. The Privacy Rights Clearinghouse provides a searchable Chronology of Data Breaches. The data includes medical breaches but is not limited to them. The site can be accessed at www.privacyrights.org/data-breach. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS [ aych-aych-ess ]) is required under the HITECH Act to post a list of breaches of unsecured PHI affecting 500 or more individuals. It is called by some their wall of shame. It can be accessed at https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf. This website contains a running list of all report breaches. The top ten data breaches in 2015 accounted for over 111 million records, with the top six breaches impacting one million individuals. 10