Calgary Medical Clinic System of a virus

Many patients in the context of a clinic at the University of Calgary, which Sunridge Medical Clinic in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, warned that a computer virus took advantage of a medical database, there is the possibility that their personal health information may have been compromised. Task, after the incident, the university sent messages to about 5,000 people, talk about a possible risk to your health information private. Explain the incident in detail, Chief, Department of Family Medicine, Dr. Cathy MacLean of Sunridge, stated that two different variants of the virus attacks the system of the clinic. The former can be turned off, and the other can allow hackers to access information or control remotely. These viruses will hit the PC, which stood at Sunridge University Medical Clinic, Dr. MacLean said, according to a statement from Vancouversun. com March 17, 2010. It was in January 2010 found that the clinic staff, some difficulty, for the first time as a team to beat problems. Call an IT group, the virus came to light, “said MacLean. Spokesman Wayne Wood of the Office of Information and Privacy Commissioner of Alberta said that an official investigation into this latest security updates for violation is already, according to a statement from Calgarysun. com Posted 17 March 2010. Clinic officials said the infected computer include medical reports, faxes, names, numbers, health and billing information. Meanwhile, due to computer hacking, affected patients have become angry. Perplexed, because of lack of accountability for the clinic, a patient suffering names Elaine Peters said he felt uncomfortable with the knowledge that their private information could be attacked, according to a statement from the Calgary Herald. com March 17, 2010. Ms. Peters also believes that a formal complaint with the Office of Privacy Commissioner. Alberta, patients will be affected by this type of incident is not new. In 2008, according to MacLean, a few patients in Sunridge found a violation of privacy when another computer through the University of Calgary accidentally access the intranet of a data file of patients. The computer that file sharing was not sufficiently secured within a statement of the Calgary Herald. com March 17, 2010.