From their mark of may 18: WILKES-BARRE, Pa.� Geisinger wyoming valley medical middle has notified certain patients that their protected health information (PHI) may have been accessed by an individual employee in a non-permitted manner. On march 20, 2020, Geisingers Privacy office was alerted to a Geisinger wy Valley employee possibly accessing medical records without a confirmed concern need to do so. An immediate investigation validated that this employee accessed medical records as division of their daily job responsibilities. It was however confirmed that they accessed over 800 patients records without a business need. The individual accessed records from July 2017 to march 2020. As a result of the investigation, the individual is no longer employed at Geisinger. while the investigation did not reveal any evidence of malicious intent, the information that may hold been viewed by the employee included: name, date of birth, social security number, address, phone number, email address, medical conditions, diagnoses, medications, dates of service, inspect notes, results and appointment information. Geisinger is committed to protecting the concealment of our patients and members so we are actively exploring additional safeguards to protect our patients from a similar incident in the future, Geisinger Assistant privateness Officer, Deb Beaver. We experience no reason to believe the information was accessed to commit financial humbug or harm; however, out of an abundance of care we are providing affected patients one twelvemonth of identicalness theft protection unloosen of charge. Detailed credit monitoring and identity theft tribute enrollment instructions were provided to affected patients in their notification letters. For those affected by this breach, Geisinger has established a toll-free number at 888-559-9945 which is available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) Monday through Friday. About Geisinger Geisinger is committed to making amend health easier for the more than 1.5 million consumers it serves. Founded more than 100 years ago by Abigail Geisinger, the system now includes 13 hospital campuses, a 600,000-member health plan, two research centers and the Geisinger Commonwealth school of Medicine. With 32,000 employees and 1,800 employed physicians, Geisinger boosts its hometown economies in pa and New Jersey by billions of dollars annually.�For more information, visit�www.geisinger.org, or connect with us on�Facebook,�Instagram,�LinkedIn�and�Twitter.
