Health Care Data Breaches:  Impacts and Lessons Learned from Security Incidents in Maryland and the Nation (2025)

Observations from an environmental scan of the cybersecurity landscape and a state-based analysis of health care data breaches reported to the U.S.. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2024

Consumer Health Data Privacy & Security - A State-Level Scan (2024)

Findings from a legislative scan of state-level protections for consumer health data that falls outside the scope of HIPAA.

Spotlight: Health Care Data Breach Trends, 2018-2021 (2022)

Trends and observations from an analysis of health care data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals between 2018 and 2021.

Health Care Data Breaches, Perspectives on Breach Trends in Maryland and Comparative States (2021)

The MHCC conducted an analysis of health care data breaches locally and nationally affecting 500 or more individuals between 2018 and 2020; data was obtained using public use files from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights.  The report also includes insights into patient generated health data (PGHD) as it relates to the growing use of third-party applications that lack HIPAA-equivalent protections. 

Health Care Data Breaches: An Assessment of Breach Trends in Maryland and the Nation (2020)

The MHCC analyzed heath care data breaches affecting 500 or more individuals reported to the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (OCR) between January 2010 and October 2019. The report illustrates breach trends over the last decade in Maryland and the nation and offers insight into consumer perception about privacy and security.