http://www.dailypress.com/health/dp-nws-security-breach-riverside-20140729,0,1160235.story
By Prue Salasky
dailypress.com
July 29, 2014
Newport News-based Riverside Health System has announced a security breach
at Cancer Specialists of Tidewater, a Riverside-owned practice with
offices in Virginia Beach, Suffolk and Chesapeake. More than 2,000
patients have potentially been affected by a team member accused of
identity theft.
The female employee charged, a medical assistant at the practice from
August 2012 to June 2014, is no longer employed by Riverside. The health
system says it is assisting the Chesapeake Police Department in an
investigation.
Riverside bought Cancer Specialists in 2007, but its name never changed to
reflect its ownership. According to a news release, it does not believe
the employee obtained credit card information from any of Riverside's
electronic systems; however, as a precaution, it is contacting patients of
the practice whose records were accessed by the team member. It is
offering free three-bureau credit monitoring to those 2,000 patients and
to staff at the practice.
"Keeping patient information protected is vital at Riverside. We have a
robust compliance program and ongoing monitoring in place. We are looking
at ways to improve our monitoring program with more automatic flags to
protect our patients," said Peter Glagola, Riverside spokesman. "We
apologize for any issues this incident may have caused."
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