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Electronic Health Record Breaches as Social Indicators

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This study presents compelling social indicators of such magnitude that they cannot be ignored. The statistical evidence shows that data breaches of electronic health records have taken place at an unprecedented scale. Currently, the number of individuals affected, as regulations of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act refers to us, has surpassed the half of the US population (some data is breached several times lowering the number of victims but increasing the possibility of being sold quickly). The data breaches are recorded and posted by Department of Health and Human Services.

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We thank Grant O. Duncan, Team Lead, Business Intelligence, Integration and Development, Health Sciences North, (Sudbury, Ontario, Canada) and Martha O’Kennon from Albion College for reading the first draft.

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  1. Computer Science, Laurentian University, 935 Ramsey Lake Rd, Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6, Canada

    Waldemar W. Koczkodaj

  2. Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rzeszów University of Technology, Al. Powstańców Warszawy 12, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland

    Mirosław Mazurek & Dominik Strzałka

  3. Department of Statistical and Mathematical Methods in Economics, University of Economics in Katowice, 1 Maja 50, 40-287 Katowice, Poland

    Alicja Wolny-Dominiak

  4. The Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Marc Woodbury-Smith

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Koczkodaj, W.W., Mazurek, M., Strzałka, D. et al. Electronic Health Record Breaches as Social Indicators. Soc Indic Res 141, 861–871 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-018-1837-z

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