Science Applications International Corporation, a scientific, engineering and technology applications company, reported a data breach involving approximately 4.9 million military patients' records, according to a news release (pdf) by the military health insurance company TRICARE.
Backup tapes from an electronic health record used in the military health system contained data for approximately 4.9 million patients who were treated at military treatment facilities in the San Antonio area or whose laboratory workups were processed in these facilities from 1992-Sept. 7, 2011.
Click here to read the full story in Becker's Hospital Review on the TRICARE data breach.
Click here to read the full story in Becker's Hospital Review on the TRICARE data breach.