Elizabeth Earl reports:
The national attention on the risk of data breaches may be keeping patients from sharing information with physicians.
A survey from Austin, Texas-based software advising firm Software Advice of 243 people found that 45 percent of respondents were moderately or very concerned about security breaches involving personal health information. Nearly a quarter, 21 percent, withholds personal information from their physicians for fear of a data breach.
Read more on Becker’s Hospital Review.