More than 5,000 Children's Mercy patients could be affected by a security incident. According to a notice posted on May 19, the hospital's information security department discovered an unauthorized website that contained health information for 5,511 patients. It may have included patients' name, medical record number, dates of service and notes, but did not include phone numbers, addresses, Social Security numbers or financial information.
A physician had used the website to create an educational…
More than 5,000 Children's Mercy patients could be affected by a security incident. According to a notice posted on May 19, the hospital's information security department discovered an unauthorized website that contained health information for 5,511 patients. It may have included patients' name, medical record number, dates of service and notes, but did not include phone numbers, addresses, Social Security numbers or financial information.
A physician had used the website to create an educational…