Four things to know:
- A spokesperson from Bryan Health told Becker’s that the employee accessed patients’ demographic and clinical information without a job-related reason.
- The health system reported the breach to HHS Oct. 25 as affecting 2,753 individuals.
- An investigation looked at the occurrences and determined that financial information and Social Security numbers were not accessed by the former employee, according to Bryan Health’s statement.
- “The person who looked at the records is no longer employed at Bryan Health,” the spokesperson told Becker’s.
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