John Perera reports:
A hospital in northwest Harris County is warning 741 patients that their personal health information was compromised by a former employee.
Several patients at IntraCare North Hospital have reported false income tax returns were filed using their personal information, hospital spokesman John Redd said.
That ex-employee was an intake coordinator at the hospital from March 15 to Aug. 18, 2011. She had access to patients’ personal information before she was fired. The hospital didn’t find out about the security breach until April 18 [of this year].
If this was access to paper records, then how do you prevent this kind of breach?
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