UnityPoint Health Data Breach (2013)

Personal information of approximately 1,800 hospital patients from across UnityPoint Health's operating regions may be at risk from the security breach in the system, which was discovered Aug. 8 during the course of regular audit, the health system said in a press release. UnityPoint opened a review and discovered that an individual employed by a third-party company and not authorized to access the system, had gained access to the EMR system by using a password of individuals who were authorized to access the system for medical purposes. The unauthorized access occurred from February through August 2013. Information that may have been accessed for the impacted patients include names, home addresses, dates of birth, medical and health insurance account numbers and health information related to patient treatment.