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PROTECTING ELECTRONIC HEALTHCARE DATA: THE NEW REALITIESTA

Almost half of all identity thefts in the U.S. are now stolen medical records, as reported by USA Today. While breaches of credit card data may grab the headlines (like last year’s fiasco at Target stores), a stolen credit card number usually reflects fraud quickly and can be cancelled rapidly. By contrast, a single patient’s full electronic medical record (EMR) typically includes the “identity theft trifecta” — birth date, Social Security number and home address — as well as their detailed medical history, which can be discreetly used (over months or years) to bill bogus medical charges or obtain prescription drugs which are regularly trafficked on the black market. As a result, the estimated “street price” of stolen EMRs can now be

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