Healthcare Innovation March 31, 2021
The March 18 report that a California state employee had improperly accessed the COVID-19 test results of thousands of state hospital patients should be seen as a warning sign, says CynergisTek CEO Caleb Barlow
On March 18, Lindsey Holden, a reporter for the San Luis Obispo Tribune, reported that “A state employee improperly accessed more than 2,000 Atascadero State Hospital [ASH, in the town of Atascadero] patient and employee records in a data breach identified in late February, [the California] Department of State Hospitals said. The breach occurred when the DSH employee accessed names, COVID-19 test results, and health information necessary for tracking coronavirus for 1,415 ASH patients and former patients and 617 employees, a DSH news release said....
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