Data Breach
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. -- DuPage Medical Group announced Monday that it identified and addressed a data security incident, and is now notifying patients whose information may have been involved.
On July 13, DMG experienced a security incident that caused a disruption to its network systems, the company said. DMG immediately began working with third-party cyber-forensic specialists to assist in the investigation to determine the full nature and scope of the incident.
Through the investigation, it was determined that the network outage was caused by unauthorized actors who gained access to the DMG network, between July 12 and 13. With the assistance of the forensic specialists, DMG conducted a thorough review of its systems to understand whether any patient information may have been impacted as a result of this event, DuPage Medical said.
On Aug. 17, the company determined that certain files containing patient information may have been impacted.
DMG is in the process of mailing letters to individuals whose information may be involved in this incident. The personal information potentially affected by this included names, addresses, dates of birth, treatment dates and more.
For a small subset of individuals, social security numbers may also have been affected, DuPage Medical said.
Before he retired, my internist was at DMG.
By the way, they use Epic as their EMR, and it talks to other hospitals in the area.
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EPIC is the 800 lb gorilla of HIS. Interconnectivity of charts was the bright dream of Mr. Obama.
Data hacks are the downside.
The question is whether have we made medicine better through information sharing or created the mother of all data hacking targets?
