Baxter Home Health notifies patients of break-in

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     The Baxter Regional Home Health facility is notifying patients of a potential security incident this summer. According to Baxter Regional Medical Center, employees went into the office in Cotter the morning of August 5th and discovered it was broken into overnight.
     During the break-in, some hard-copy files were located within the facility and could have been accessed by the potential suspects. HIPPA privacy officer and patient account manager Linda Morris reports the patients on August 5th could be affected, and patients between June 1st, 2014, and June 30th, 2015, could also be affected because that was before the office switched to digital records.
     BRMC General Counsel Nicole Vaccarella says it doesn't appear any information was stolen, but the hospital is still taking precautions.
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     Vaccarella goes on to emphasize patients of Baxter Home Health nurses should feel secure that their information was most likely not compromised.
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     Patients and employees with questions on how to protect themselves can contact Baxter Regional Medical Center's toll free number at 844-453-5060 weekdays from eight to five.

   

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