Boston hospital fires contractor after data breach

Published April 30, 2014 11:56am ET



BOSTON (AP) — Boston Medical Center has fired a transcription service after a health care provider reported the records of about 15,000 patients were posted without password protection on the vendor’s website used by physicians.

The records contained names, addresses, and medical information, including what drugs they were taking, but did not include Social Security numbers or financial information.

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