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B.C. government investigates PharmaNet breach

Premier 害羞草研究所榩rofoundly concerned害羞草研究所 after data of 7,500 people compromised
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B.C.害羞草研究所檚 PharmaNet system records names, addresses, CareCard numbers and a history of medications prescribed. (Wikimedia Commons image)

The B.C. government is keeping 7,500 people informed on progress of its investigation into the unauthorized access to their patient profiles on the PharmaNet data base, Health Minister Terry Lake says.

No financial information appears to be compromised in the incident, which took place through four B.C. physicians害羞草研究所 offices in late 2016 and early 2017. PharmaNet is used by pharmacists and 3,000 doctors害羞草研究所 offices, storing names, addresses, CareCard numbers and the past 14 months of medication history.

害羞草研究所淲e are working diligently to investigate the motivation behind this, how it happened as well, and a separate review of security is ongoing in terms of the PharmaNet database,害羞草研究所 Lake said Thursday.

Premier Christy Clark said she is 害羞草研究所減rofoundly concerned害羞草研究所 about the security of medical information. If police or other outside expertise are required to determine what happened, they will be called in, she said.

害羞草研究所淎nd if anyone in the government is found to be responsible for this, anyone in the employ of the public service, anyone who gets their fees from the government is found to be responsible, they will be fired immediately,害羞草研究所 Clark said.

害羞草研究所淭here are very few things in your life as private as some of the details of the medication that you害羞草研究所檙e taking, the illnesses you may have experienced.害羞草研究所





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