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U.S. Health Care System Has $5.6 Billion Security Problem

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Criminals are stealing patient records to commit medical identity theft. And the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made the situation worse, according to a new report from privacy and information security research firm Ponemon Institute.

Health-care organizations are under attack.

Criminals are stealing patient records to commit medical identity theft. And the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made the situation worse, according to a new report from privacy and information security research firm Ponemon Institute.

Ponemon estimates that these breaches cost the industry about $5.6 billion a year.

The survey found the overall number of reported data breaches at health-care organizations declined slightly last year, but criminal attacks on health-care providers increased dramatically — up 100 percent since 2010.

Read the full story here: http://nbcnews.to/1gqzoxd

Source: NBC News

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