–As part of its ongoing investigation of a data breach at Atascadero State Hospital that was identified on Feb. 25, 2021, the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) today announced the discovery of additional data that had been improperly accessed during the same data breach.
The additional data accessed consists of:
Personal information including addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, and driver’s license numbers of 80 individuals;
The date of birth and last four digits of the social security numbers of approximately 20 individuals;
Immigration information of 38 individuals; and
Health information related to employment, of approximately 81 individuals who are either employees, former employees, or DSH job applicants who never became DSH employees.
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Sacramento, California - Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments:
Jeffery Scott Christman, 50, of Roseville, has been appointed Chief Deputy Director of the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Christman has been Deputy Director for the Center for Health Statistics and Informatics at the California Department of Public Health since 2020. He was Practice Area Leader for Data and Analytics at Slalom Consulting from 2019 to 2020. He served as Deputy Director and Chief Information Officer at the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development from 2014 to 2019, Acting Agency Chief Information Officer at the California Health and Human Service Agency from 2016 to 2017 and Chief of Public Health Informatics at the California Department of Public Health from 2013 to 2014. Christman was Program Director at California Health eQuality from 2012 to 2013, Assistant Director for the Cali
Data was improperly accessed, says ASH
–As part of its ongoing investigation of a data breach at Atascadero State Hospital that was identified on Feb. 25, the Department of State Hospitals (DSH) today announced the discovery of additional data that had been improperly accessed during the same data breach. The additional data consists of personal information including addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, social security numbers, date of birth, and health information related to employment, of approximately 1,735 employees and former employees, and 1,217 DSH job applicants who never became DSH employees.
The newly identified data was discovered during the investigation of the same employee who was found to have improperly accessed approximately 1,415 patient and former patient, and 617 employee names, COVID-19 test results, and health information necessary for tracking COVID-19. DSH is continuing its investigation of the data breach and has placed the principal subject of the