New safety measures under consideration include a reduced number of database users, automatic notifications to administrators when a user requests database information and a process for removing users who compromise patient data, according to the report.
The announcement from the health department comes a week after the American Civil Liberties Union claimed patient data was leaked from the database, according to the report.
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