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Considerations for County-Level Inequalities in Life Expectancy

Considerations for County-Level Inequalities in Life Expectancy Letters 2013 and 2014. https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/rtc-breach-20132014 year available), there were 1281 large incidents (≥500 affected .pdf. Accessed September 12, 2017. individuals) and 164 127 small incidents (<500 affected 2-4 5. Kwon J, Johnson ME. Proactive vs reactive security investments in the individuals). In aggregate, the large incidents affected ap- healthcare sector. Manage Inf Syst Q. 2014;38(2):451-471. proximately 52 million individuals while the small incidents af- 6. US Department of Health and Human Services. Annual Report to Congress fected 0.8 million individuals. These statistics suggest that, from on HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rule Compliance For a public policy perspective, large incidents have the potential Calendar Years 2013 and 2014. https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/rtc -compliance-20132014.pdf. Accessed September 12, 2017. to significantly impact more individuals than small incidents. Thus, larger breach incidents might deserve special attention from the government, industry, and research community. We Considerations for County-Level Inequalities do agree that all hospitals should take action to mitigate risk of in Life Expectancy data breaches and that smaller breaches also deserve more trans- To the Editor In an Original Investigation published in a recent is- parency because breached patient information does have hu- sue of JAMA Internal Medicine, Dwyer-Lindgren and colleagues man consequences, irrespective http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Internal Medicine American Medical Association

Considerations for County-Level Inequalities in Life Expectancy

de Mestral, Carlos
JAMA Internal Medicine , Volume 177 (11) – Nov 1, 2017
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American Medical Association
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Letters 2013 and 2014. https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/rtc-breach-20132014 year available), there were 1281 large incidents (≥500 affected .pdf. Accessed September 12, 2017. individuals) and 164 127 small incidents (<500 affected 2-4 5. Kwon J, Johnson ME. Proactive vs reactive security investments in the individuals). In aggregate, the large incidents affected ap- healthcare sector. Manage Inf Syst Q. 2014;38(2):451-471. proximately 52 million individuals while the small incidents af- 6. US Department of Health and Human Services. Annual Report to Congress fected 0.8 million individuals. These statistics suggest that, from on HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rule Compliance For a public policy perspective, large incidents have the potential Calendar Years 2013 and 2014. https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/rtc -compliance-20132014.pdf. Accessed September 12, 2017. to significantly impact more individuals than small incidents. Thus, larger breach incidents might deserve special attention from the government, industry, and research community. We Considerations for County-Level Inequalities do agree that all hospitals should take action to mitigate risk of in Life Expectancy data breaches and that smaller breaches also deserve more trans- To the Editor In an Original Investigation published in a recent is- parency because breached patient information does have hu- sue of JAMA Internal Medicine, Dwyer-Lindgren and colleagues man consequences, irrespective

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