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March 2010 California State Rural Health Association by Matt J. Morris
Jul 07, 2009 01:40 pm | posted by Chris Dimick | Privacy and security

Reports of health record breach violations have been pouring into the California Department of Public Health since the state began requiring healthcare entities to report all incidents of unauthorized record access. More than 800 reports have been filed since the law took effect January 1, according to Kathleen Billingsley, RN, deputy director of the California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Care Quality (CDPH). The agency has conducted dozens of investigations to date, she says.

 
88% of all data breaches are caused by employee negligence!

This is a revealing study that illustrates what we consistently see, that there is a substantial gap in the awareness of the problem of data breaches and the policies that exist to prevent them. It is communicating the impact of identity theft and data breaches at a human level that creates the understanding necessary to motivate proper behavior in the workplace. This is the value of our training that focuses first on changing the thinking of those we educate. It is a change in thinking that leads to a change in behavior that reduces the risk of the most common cause of data breaches - employee error.
Whether you are a solo physician in a small rural setting or an employed physician in a large urban hospital, starting Sept. 23, if patients' personal data are leaked, you have to let them know.