Former hospital employee steals patient records
June 25, 2010 by Sam NarisiPosted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Security
The threat of data hacking by current and former employees is real. Just ask patients at this Connecticut hospital.
Griffin Hospital, in Derby, Conn., has notified almost 1,000 patients that their sensitive health records may have been stolen.
According to Griffin, a radiologist who was once employed by or affiliated with the hospital used passwords of other staff members to log into the hospital’s patient records system. The folks whose passwords were used didn’t know the hacker had obtained their log-in info.
The hospital discovered the breach after getting complaints from patients that the physician had contacted them and encouraged them to have radiology services performed elsewhere, Healthimaging.com reports.
As this story shows, businesses need to be aware of the threat posed by ex-employees. IT and HR departments need to work together to make sure access is removed as soon as someone’s employment is terminated.
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Tags: hospital, patient records, radiologist
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