In July, the hospital learned of an employee accessing electronic medical records outside of the employee’s job duties between December 2007 and July 2014. The employee accessed information including names, addresses, medical record numbers, birth dates, health insurance information and some Social Security numbers. No financial information was compromised.
The employee’s access to medical records has been suspended.
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