HITECH Act and HIPAA Sanctions

Individually, navigate to the Breach Portal (see link below) on the Office for Civil Rights website and review the list of breaches of unsecured protected health information.

Discuss the following (within your group):

The states where the breaches occurred
The covered entity types
The number of individuals affected in each breach
The month and year when the breaches were reported
The type of breach
The location of breached information