Following the discovery of the breach, “the hospital and the practice cooperated on an immediate investigation and have taken appropriate action regarding the practice’s employee,” hospital spokesman Jacob Luecke told KOMU. “Any patient whose record may have been accessed has been notified.”
The physician clinic employee’s access to the network has been terminated, and the hospital has offered free credit monitoring to affected patients, according to the report.
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