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What healthcare gets wrong about HIPAA and email security

Shadow AI is outpacing healthcare email security

2025 mid-year email breach data reveals there's no slowing down

What small healthcare practices get wrong about HIPAA and email security

Rural Healthcare left vulnerable to cyber attacks

Recent Statistics & Reports

107 email-related HIPAA breaches were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services in just the first half of 2025.

Healthcare HIPAA breach Email

The current pace of healthcare breaches in 2025 suggests the year is set to exceed 180 email breaches, which was the total reported last year.

In one enforcement case, a clinic was fined $25,000 for a single message that contained protected health information (PHI) and was sent to the wrong person without encryption

Healthcare Email PHI

75% of healthcare organizations say AI has added confusion, not clarity, to email compliance.

Healthcare Email security AI

94% of healthcare organizations have begun updating security policies to address generative AI threats in email.

Healthcare Email security AI

69% of healthcare IT leaders feel pressured to adopt AI faster than they can secure it.

Healthcare Email security AI

25% of healthcare organizations have not formally approved any staff use of AI in email.

Healthcare Email security AI

58% of healthcare organizations have not signed a BAA for an AI email tool so far.

Healthcare Email security AI

Only 16% of healthcare organizations have trained most of their staff (75-100%) who have access to PHI on AI usage in email.

Healthcare Email security AI

62% of healthcare IT and compliance leaders have observed staff experimenting with ChatGPT or similar tools even though they’re unsanctioned.

Healthcare Email security AI

21% of respondents from healthcare organizations believe a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) isn’t required for an AI email assistant.

Healthcare Email security AI

95% of healthcare organizations report staff are already using AI tools.

Healthcare Email security AI

83% of healthcare IT and compliance leaders have raised concerns about AI security.

Healthcare Email security AI

16% of healthcare IT and compliance leaders admit compliance was never consulted before AI email tools were enabled.

Healthcare Email security AI

41% of healthcare IT and compliance leaders feel confident they could detect improper AI use before a HIPAA violation occurs.

Healthcare Email security AI

Only 42% of healthcare organizations have signed a Business Associate Agreement (BAA) covering any AI assistant used in email.

Healthcare Email security AI

The largest single email breach, affecting United Seating and Mobility, exposed over half a million records.

Healthcare Email

Incidents involving Mimecast email customers accounted for 8% in healthcare.

Healthcare Email Mimecast

More than 1.6 million patient records were compromised across all analysed email-related healthcare incidents that occurred in the first half of 2025.

Healthcare Email

Incidents involving Barracuda email customers accounted for 5% in healthcare.

Healthcare Email Barracuda

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