Personal Information of 30,000 Medical Center Patients Available Online
Patient records were available by web search during a four-week period after Sky Lakes Medical Center (Oregon) shut down its online bill-payment system, and a third-party, Verus, Inc., transferred the data from one server to another to perform maintenance.
The information included patient names, addresses and Social Security numbers. The hospital sent letters to 30,000 patients to disclose the problem.
The records were discovered online when a patient at another hospital was able to access his records while searching the internet.
Source: Klamath Falls Herald and News, Aug. 15, "Online bill pay at Sky Lakes shut down"
The information included patient names, addresses and Social Security numbers. The hospital sent letters to 30,000 patients to disclose the problem.
The records were discovered online when a patient at another hospital was able to access his records while searching the internet.
Source: Klamath Falls Herald and News, Aug. 15, "Online bill pay at Sky Lakes shut down"
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