Overview

• Investigators say a former employee accessed electronic medical records from January 4, 2011, to March 8, 2021, and disclosed information to unauthorized individuals.
• About 5,000 patients are being notified because investigators could not verify precisely whose data was shared outside the organization.
• Potentially exposed information includes names, birth dates, addresses, medical record details, diagnoses, medications, and insurance data, with Social Security numbers affected in some cases.
• Harris Health is offering free credit monitoring for patients whose Social Security numbers may have been exposed, urges review of insurer statements for irregular charges, and has opened a toll-free line at 1-866-291-1870 available Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. CT.
• Officials have not identified who received the leaked information or determined a motive.