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Subject: [ISN] High-Profile Patients Prompt Internal Health Data Breaches
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2015-08-24 10:02:46
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1508241002360.15135 () infosecnews ! org
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By Sara Heath
HealthITSecurity.com
August 21, 2015
No matter the many safeguards against hacking and cyberattacks are put
into place in hospital records, sometimes hospitals need to protect
against their own employees' nosiness as well.
Such was the case for the Carilion Clinic, a not-for-profit clinic located
in Roanoke, VA. According to a Roanoke Times report, Carilion has
disciplined or fired 14 employees for looking at a high-profile patient
file that they had not been given access to.
Although Chris Turnbull, a clinic spokesperson, did not identify the
employees or the patient whose information was breached, he did explain
that patient files tend to be handled by many people in the clinic and
that the clinic has compliance officers who monitor the file activity.
Whenever an employee accesses the file, the filing system documents the
activity and tracks whether the employee had viable cause to access the
file. Compliance officers are in charge of tracking privacy concerns by
accepting complaints or monitoring high-profile patients.
Carilion Clinic is a HIPAA-covered entity and adhered to appropriate
disciplinary standards in properly punishing employees or terminating
their employment. The Roanoke Times report did not disclose which, or how
many, employees were fired. Under HIPAA, these employees may also face
criminal prosecution, a $50,000 fine, or a one-year prison sentence.
[...]
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