FEDERALHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Aug 18, 2014bd_a76ea0f1d6f1b7a6
An employee being terminated from Tri-City Medical Center on August 7, 2014, stole emergency department logs for 500 patients and provided them to the California Department of Public Health and a local newspaper. The medical center reported the theft to HHS on August 18, 2014, notified affected individuals, and implemented numerous corrective actions, including securing paper logs, retraining staff, and developing new policies for tracking facility logs.
Affected (this filing): 500
HHS notified