Data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) shows reported healthcare breaches in Q1 2026 are down 25% from last year. Simultaneously, the extent of this year’s breaches has nearly tripled.
Two incidents alone accounted for more than 6.5 million of those records, and both traced directly to network servers compromised through hacking. Neither instance was, in retrospect, a surprise to anyone paying attention to where breach data has been pointing for the past decade.
When breach counts fall, organizations tend to exhale. Fewer reported incidents can feel like evidence that investments are finally working, that posture is improving, or that pressure might be lifting.
The question healthcare leaders must ask now is not "are breaches declining?” The questions are “why is each breach reaching further?” and "is my organization built to limit that reach?"
This whitepaper explores the growing trends your organization needs to know to stay ahead in the modern threat landscape.