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. 2018 Jun 11;1(1):15–19. doi: 10.1093/jamiaopen/ooy019

Table 2.

Breakdown of hacking and EMR-related breaches

  Breaches, n (%) Records affected, n (%)
Hacking-related breaches by media type
 Portable electronic device or laptop 1 (0.3) 1911 (0.0)
 Desktop, email, or EMR 106 (29.2) 1984418 (1.5)
 Network server 192 (52.9) 119590428 (91.5)
 Multiple types 48 (13.2) 8822024 (6.7)
 Other/unknown 16 (4.4) 303597 (0.2)
EMR-related breaches by breach category
 Theft 21 (16.4) 146496 (3.0)
 Unauthorized access or disclosure 66 (51.6) 377088 (7.7)
 Hacking or IT incident 34 (26.6) 4240218 (87.1)
 Multiple categories 5 (3.9) 102614 (2.1)
 Other/unknown 2 (1.6) 1504 (0.0)

Abbreviations: EMR: electronic medical record; IT: information technology.