Report: Healthcare data breaches spiked 55% in 2020 February 17, 2021 Auto Bot Data breach, Health IT, HHS, hospitals, News, Payers, Trinity Health, UPMC 0 There were nearly 600 healthcare data breaches in 2020, a 55% jump from 2019, a new report shows. Not only did the number of data breaches spike in the past year, but the average cost per breach increased by about 10%.