Identity Theft
Healthcare Data Breaches Up 40% Since 2015 - Medpage Today
Reported by medpagetoday.com
When a U.S. Attorney called South Florida “an epicenter of identity theft” last month, it was in the context of announcing federal charges against more than 100 suspected fraudsters.
One of them was a former Jackson Health System employee accused of accessing the health system’s computer databases to steal patient data. The rogue employee , a former secretary, was accused of pilfering the Social Security numbers of more than 24,000 people over the course of five years. She was placed on administrative leave in 2016.