St. Albans, Vt.-based Northwestern Medical Heart terminated an worker who accessed its EHR with out authorization to acquire the protected well being data of sufferers, Saint Albans Messenger reported Aug. 8.
On June 9, the well being system discovered that the worker accessed affected person names, dates of delivery, residence addresses, phone numbers, Social Safety numbers, account numbers, employer data, insurance coverage data and medical historical past between Could 21, 2021, and June 10, 2022.
Kate Laddison, director of communications at Northwestern Medical Heart stated the worker labored in a non-clinical place.
Northwestern Medical Heart stated it has despatched out letters to all affected people, terminated the worker and is working to establish system and know-how updates to enhance affected person confidentiality.