Survey respondents who have privacy concerns about EHR systems identified four key threat areas.
The leading EHR privacy threats:
Editor’s note: Respondents could select more than one threat; totals do not equal 100.
1. Unauthorized access to patient information: 83%
2. Theft of patient information by a hacker: 79%
3. Loss of patient information through technological malfunction: 66%
4. Internal compromise of patient records: 55%
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