Medical Breach Summary
This dataset contains information on breaches of unsecured protected health information (PHI) reported to the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) since 2009. The OCR is responsible for collecting and reporting disclosures of PHI as required by law. The data reported for each breach include the name of the covered entity (organization responsible for the PHI), state where the breach was reported, covered entity type, number of individuals affected, breach submission date, type of breach, location of breached information, whether a business associate was present, and a web description explaining what happened and the resolution. The goal of this analysis is to identify trends in how companies are being breached and where these breaches occur most frequently.
Number of healthcare data breaches by year
This graph would be useful to see in which years the largest number of healthcare data breaches occurred.
List of the top 25 largest healthcare data breaches
This table will be useful to see the largest breaches including the Name of Covered Entity and Total Individuals Affected
| Name of Covered Entity | Total Individuals Affected |
|---|---|
| Anthem, Inc. Affiliated Covered Entity | 78800000 |
| Science Applications International Corporation (SA | 4900000 |
| Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation, d/b/a Advocate Medical Group | 4029530 |
| 21st Century Oncology | 2213597 |
| Xerox State Healthcare, LLC | 2000000 |
| IBM | 1900000 |
| GRM Information Management Services | 1700000 |
| AvMed, Inc. | 1220000 |
| Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services | 1062509 |
| The Nemours Foundation | 1055489 |
| BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, Inc. | 1023209 |
| Sutter Medical Foundation | 943434 |
| Valley Anesthesiology Consultants, Inc. d/b/a Valley Anesthesiology and Pain Consultants | 882590 |
| Horizon Healthcare Services, Inc., doing business as Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, and its affiliates | 839711 |
| Iron Mountain Data Products, Inc. (now known as | 800000 |
| Utah Department of Technology Services | 780000 |
| AHMC Healthcare Inc. and affiliated Hospitals | 729000 |
| EISENHOWER MEDICAL CENTER | 514330 |
| Radiology Regional Center, PA | 483063 |
| Puerto Rico Department of Health - Triple S Management Corp. | 475000 |
| St Joseph Health System | 405000 |
| Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System | 400000 |
| Triple-S Salud, Inc. | 398000 |
| Triple-S Salud, Inc. - Breach Case#2 | 398000 |
| Community Health Plan of Washington | 382879 |
Total healthcare records (individuals affected) exposed by state for
the top 10 states
This visual will be helpful to see which states have the highest number breach
Number of healthcare hacking incidents by month
This graph shows in which month the largest number of data breaches occurs.
Number of breaches by covered entity type
This chart shows which covered entity is responsible for the highest number of breaches
Self-Directed Analysis
This information is interesting to people who want to understand the patterns and prevalence of healthcare data breaches by state.
To answer this question, someone would need to group the data by state and count the number of breaches in each state, and then create a visualization to show the results.
The visualization shows the number of healthcare data breaches by state, with California having the highest number of breaches, followed by Texas, Florida, and New York. Other states have a relatively lower number of breaches. This information can be useful for healthcare providers, policymakers, and the public in understanding the distribution and frequency of data breaches across states.
Visulization #2
This code analyzes the breach data set to identify the top 10 states in the US with the highest number of healthcare data breaches caused by hacking/IT incidents. It creates a horizontal bar chart that shows the number of breaches on the x-axis and the states on the y-axis, with each bar colored according to the corresponding state.
The visualization identifies California as the state with the highest number of healthcare data breaches caused by hacking/IT incidents, followed by Florida, Texas, and New York. The chart also shows that the top 10 states accounted for a significant proportion of all the breaches caused by hacking/IT incidents in the US.