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title: "[Media] McKnight’s: Nursing home settlement spurs HHS to investigate small health data breaches"
description: Federal officials place more scrutiny on smaller healthcare data breaches, according to the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.
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# [[Media] McKnight’s: Nursing home settlement spurs HHS to investigate small health data breaches](https://www.primecareholdings.com/news/media-mcknights-nursing-home-settlement-spurs-hhs-to-investigate-small-health-data-breaches)

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A recent case involving a stolen iPhone containing nursing home residents' medical records has prodded federal officials to place more scrutiny on smaller healthcare data breaches, according to the Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights.

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