As of June 2015, there are 1258 cases listed on the Office for Civil Rights’ (OCR) “Wall of Shame.” These are breaches of unsecured health information affecting 500 or more individuals. The reports of these breaches of patient confidentiality are required by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act.
The most important thing to note is that the list does not discriminate small healthcare organizations, some small private practices made on it, as well.
The OCR continuously updates this list of breaches on its website. These breaches include a brief summary of each case that OCR has investigated and closed, as well as the names of private practice providers who have reported breaches of unsecured health information to the OCR.
Click here to see the OCR’s “Wall of Shame.”
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