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57 QUALITY & ACCREDITATION Report: Healthcare Organizations Will be Targeted Most for Data Breaches in 2017 By Erin Dietsch E xperian's Data Breach Industry Fore- cast report outlines the top five data breach trends predicted for 2017. Experian, a global services group, has assisted organizations with more than 17,000 data breaches over the past 10 years. Here are the company's predictions for 2017. 1. "Aftershock" password data breaches will accelerate the end of password usage. More and more com- panies — such as LinkedIn, Dropbox and Yahoo — have experienced "aershock" data breaches, through which users' account infor- mation resurfaces and becomes exposed long aer the initial breach. Experian predicts this trend will encourage organizations to require two-factor user authentification, such as SMS alerts, ultimately eliminating the necessity of passwords. 2. Cyberattacks will incite conflict and possibly war between nations. Cyber- attacks between countries are no doubt on the rise. As the attacks grow in number, coun- tries' citizens are increasingly put at risk. Ex- perian believes the U.S. will "disclose at least one major offensive cyber operation against a terrorist organization like ISIS or in retaili- ation for an attack by another nation-state." 3. Healthcare organizations will be the most targeted sector. Breaches involving EHRs will continue to grow, ac- cording to Experian. In addition, Experian predicts hackers will begin targeting health insurers. Cybercriminals are shiing their focus toward ransomware, which Experian believes will also be a top concern in 2017. 4. Cybercriminals will focus on pay- ment-related attacks. Last year, Experian predicted payment-based breaches would continue despite the shi to EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) chip payments and PIN liability. Experian believes this trend will continue, and that hackers will target smaller companies rather than big name retailers like Target. 5. International data breaches will negatively impact multinational cor- porations. Losing consumers' data is chal- lenging enough, but losing international consumers' data makes the situation even more complicated. Multinational companies should begin setting guidelines and preparing for breaches involving international people. Experian believes "at least one U.S. multina- tional company will experience a significant loss in its valuation due to an international data breach in 2017." n Calif. Nurse Fired Over Breach Involving 528 Patient Records By Erin Dietsch A nurse at Glendale (Calif.) Adventist Medical Center was fired Nov. 30 aer accessing more than 500 patient records without authorization, according to Los Angeles Times. Glendale Adventist officials discovered the breach during a security review in June. Officials later uncovered that the source of the breach was an employee and not an external hack. The nurse accessed 528 patients' information without au- thorization, including 88 records from Glendale Adven- tist's sister hospital White Memorial Medical Center based in Boyle Heights, Calif. Glendale Adventist officials did not disclose what type of information was accessed, but officials said it's possible the data included patient demographics, names, dates of birth, addresses, diagnoses and Social Security numbers. Medical center officials have reportedly notified all affect- ed patients of the breach. "We take this breach very seriously, and as a result we are taking additional steps to both ensure this event is re- solved as well as ensuring these events don't happen in the future," a hospital statement reads. n CDC: 10 Most Important Public Health Problems and Concerns By Shannon Barnet T he CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Con- trol updated its Prevention Status Reports in March 2016, which ranks the big- gest public health issues in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The Prevention Status Re- ports organize informa- tion on state public health policies and practices in a format that is easy to use for public health profes- sionals, community lead- ers and policy makers. The reports allow these indi- viduals to understand their state's status and identify improvement areas. According to the reports, the 10 most important public health problems and concerns are (listed al- phabetically): • Alcohol-related harms • Food safety • Healthcare-associated infections • Heart disease and stroke • HIV • Motor vehicle injury • Nutrition, physical activity and obesity • Prescription drug overdose • Teen pregnancy • Tobacco use n

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