Medical Identity Theft: A Deadly Side Effect of Healthcare Data Breaches

Patients are a vulnerable population. Their health, even their lives, rest in the hands of healthcare providers. Equally vulnerable are patient’s health records. In today’s connected world, this data is strewn across the digital universe. From electronic health records (EHRs) to physician’s iPads to wearable health devices, a patient’s confidential medical information is available to more people in more places than ever before. Sensitive medical diagnoses, health insurance numbers, and other information are there for the viewing — and the stealing.

In this eBook you’ll learn:

• The size and scope of medical identity theft.
• How healthcare data breaches turn patients into victims.
• The insider view on healthcare fraud.
• The thorny issue of identity ownership.

Your patients deserve the best care. They also deserve the best protection against medical identity theft that you can provide. We hope this information helps.