Ballad Health Data Breach (2018)

Ballad Health says an employee has been fired for accessing patients' records without an appropriate reason to do so. The health system says it learned of the data breach on May 28. According to Ballad, the former employee viewed patients' records, accessing both demographic and clinical information. Ballad says the former employee did not access Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, or financial account information. The employee was terminated and those affected by the breach have been notified, Ballad says.