{"id":165725,"date":"2021-06-28T22:16:27","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T22:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.healthit.gov\/dashboard_stats\/individuals-perceptions-privacy-and-security-medical-records-and-health-information\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:07:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:07:50","slug":"individuals-perceptions-privacy-and-security-medical-records-and-health-information","status":"publish","type":"quick-stat","link":"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/data\/quickstats\/individuals-perceptions-privacy-and-security-medical-records-and-health-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Individuals&#8217; Perceptions of the Privacy and Security of Medical Records and Health Information Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-tertiary-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-e1d7615d6b79ad5d41517907db42417d\"><strong>A majority of individuals are confident their medical records are safe from unauthorized viewing, but have concerns when health information is electronically exchanged<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A majority of individuals (84%) are confident their medical records are safe from unauthorized viewing, but have concerns (66%) when health information is electronically exchanged. More individuals are now confident their records are safe from unauthorized viewing, compared to 2017. Less than ten percent of individuals reported withholding information from their health care provider due to privacy and security concerns regarding their medical record. This is down from 15% of individuals in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"604\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/data\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/consumer-qs-3.png?w=1024\" alt=\"Individuals' Perceptions of the Privacy and Security of Medical Records and Health Information Exchange\" class=\"wp-image-165560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthit.gov\/data\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/consumer-qs-3.png 1447w, https:\/\/healthit.gov\/data\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/consumer-qs-3.png?resize=300,177 300w, https:\/\/healthit.gov\/data\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/consumer-qs-3.png?resize=768,453 768w, https:\/\/healthit.gov\/data\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/consumer-qs-3.png?resize=1024,604 1024w, https:\/\/healthit.gov\/data\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/consumer-qs-3.png?resize=254,150 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A majority of individuals are confident their medical records are safe from unauthorized viewing, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_selected_menu":"","_show_breadcrumbs":"true","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"topics":[126,72,65,90,84,82],"class_list":["post-165725","quick-stat","type-quick-stat","status-publish","hentry","topics-data","topics-hit-policy","topics-interoperability","topics-patient-access-health-records","topics-security","topics-security-privacy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.8.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Individuals&#039; 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