US Atmore Community Hospital Oct 2015 Misuse (Q9121)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US Atmore Community Hospital Oct 2015 Misuse |
A data breach risk event |
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October 2015
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An Atmore Community Hospital employee was terminated for accessing the electronic record of approximately 1,000 patients without an appropriate work-related reason, according to a press release from Infirmary Health. The breach of the patients privacy was discovered during a routine audit on Nov. 18, Director of Marketing Lauren Giddens said in the release. It was discovered that during the period between Oct. 3, 2015 and Nov. 11, 2016, an ACH employee accessed the electronic record of approximately 1,000 patents without an appropriate work related reason, Giddens said. This unauthorized access constitutes a breach of patient privacy and is in violation of organizational policy. The information accessed was limited to patient names, hospital admission dates and flowsheets. This employee (English)
