US The Medical Center of Aurora Nov 2014 Technical Error (Q16518)
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US The Medical Center of Aurora Nov 2014 Technical Error
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A data breach risk event
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November 2014
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A patient who was recently discharged from The Medical Center of Aurora claims that she was also given the medical information of 20 other patients in her file. The Colorado-based hospital allegedly gave Karen Billings seven pages of operating room records after her Nov. 22 hospital release, according to a Fox31 report. Billings told the news station that along with her own discharge information, she had paperwork with protected health information (PHI) of other patients. The data included patient names, dates of birth, the doctors name, the procedure done, and the prescribed medication.Medical Record Privacy I was shocked. I was mad. I was hurt that I had somebody elses information, Billings said. I wouldnt want my stuff out there. Billings added that when she was first leaving the hospi (English)
