BJC HealthCare Raising St. Louis

"BJC HealthCare Raising St. Louis recently became aware of a data breach potentially impacting 644 current and former Raising St. Louis participants, according to a recent post on the healthcare organization’s website.On January 9, 2017, BJC Raising St. Louis became aware of an incident in which sensitive patient information was left potentially vulnerable in a series of unencrypted email exchanges between participating program partners.Upon discovering the security breach, BJC staff went through its required protocol for emailing data securely to mitigate further issues.After an investigation, BJC confirmed no unauthorized individuals read or accessed the unencrypted emails at any time. Additionally, the healthcare organization determined no Social Security numbers or financial information were contained within the emails.In an effort to avoid similar incidents in the future, BJC intends to re-educate staff members on the proper way to send securely encrypted emails and have notified potentially impacted participants of the event."More Information: http://healthitsecurity.com/news/va-university-health-system-security-br...