Question

Research an incident in the news where patient information was compromised or breached and discuss what happened. How could this be avoided in the future?

Answer 1

In 2019, due to misfiguration of database, health care data of 1.57 million Inmediaata helth group was breached.

What happened due to this scenario is that the provider accidentally send the patients wrong letter in the name of wrong patient.

The information leak happened due to a search engine function which allowed Intermediata webpages used for business operations.

The breach gave away patient name, adress, Medical claim data and other personal informations.

The main reasons for these breavhes to happen are:

• Misdelivery
• Disposal error
• Hacking
• Technical issues

Therefore, for reducing such incidents in the future,

• Improve training of security professionals
• Improve network security
• Increase budget for information security
• Keep patient information separate from other infos
• Destroy the informations before disposal
• Always update and change the procedure patterns