One in four U.S. consumers have had their healthcare data breached, Accenture survey reveals

摘要

One in four U.S. consumers (26%) has had personal medical information stolen from technology systems, according to results on a survey from Accenture released at HIMSS 2017. The findings show that half (50%) of those who experienced a breach were victims of medical identity theft and had to pay approximately $2,500 in out-of-pocket costs per incident, on average. In addition, the survey of 2,000 U.S. consumers found that the breaches were most likely to occur in hospitals-the loca-tion cited by more than one-third (36%) of respondents who experienced a breach-followed by urgent-care clinics (22%), pharmacies (22%), physician's offices (21%), and health insurers (21%). Half (50%) of consumers who experienced a breach found out about it themselves, through noting an error on their credit card statement or benefits explanation, whereas only one-third (33%) were alerted to the breach by the organization where it occurred, and only about one in seven (15%) were alerted by a government agency.