Cancer Clinic Employee Charged with Theft of Patient Data
By Jeff Goldman | Posted August 08, 2014
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/imagesvr_ce/3182/abstract-binary-feature-250x165.jpgVirginia's Riverside Health System has acknowledged that a former employee of the Riverside-owned Cancer Specialists of Tidewater has been charged with improperly accessing patients' credit card information and Social Security numbers (h/t PHIprivacy.net).
T'sha Riddick, 33, worked for almost two years at one of the company's clinics, according to the Virginian-Pilot -- all patients who visited the practice in the time since Riddick's hiring in June 2012, a total of more than 2,000 people, are potentially affected.
Riverside spokesman Peter Glagola told the newspaper that Riddick, who had a previous felony conviction for credit card fraud, had never been given a background check.
"Keeping patient information protected is vital at Riverside," Glagola said in a statement. "We are looking at ways to improve our monitoring program with more automatic flags to protect our patients."
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