- Waldemar W. Koczkodaj1,
- Mirosław Mazurek2,
- Dominik Strzałka2,
- Alicja Wolny-Dominiak3 &
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- Marc Woodbury-Smith4
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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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Waldemar W. Koczkodaj
Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Rzeszów University of Technology, Al. Powstańców Warszawy 12, 35-959, Rzeszow, Poland
Mirosław Mazurek & Dominik Strzałka
Department of Statistical and Mathematical Methods in Economics, University of Economics in Katowice, 1 Maja 50, 40-287 Katowice, Poland
Alicja Wolny-Dominiak
The Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Koczkodaj, W.W., Mazurek, M., Strzałka, D.et al. Electronic Health Record Breaches as Social Indicators.Soc Indic Res141, 861–871 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-018-1837-z
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