Massive Health Record Breaches Evidenced by the Office for Civil Rights Data.

Background: Using data collected by the Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), over half of the population in the USA might have been affected by security breaches since Oct 2009. This study provided analysis of the data, presenting the numbers of individuals affected in one breach and the number of breaches.

Methods: Statistical analysis has been conducted with visualizations.