An apparent hack of medication platform MediMap has led to some alive patients being marked as deceased, and others labelled as ‘Charlie Kirk’.
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A digital medical records data company has been taken offline after some patient records were modified.
MediMap is used by some health providers in aged care, disability, hospice and the community to accurately record medication doses.
Some users’ information had been changed, including to say they were deceased.
Information sent to clinics from the company said the problem began at about 1.30 on Sunday afternoon.
A notification on the company’s website says the company is investigating the scope of the impact and will remain offline while this happens.
The Aged Care Association said as many as 60 percent of aged care facilities could be using the app.
Those who did had to switch to paper-based processes.
In an email to health providers, Medimap said the app would remain offline while it investigated and carried out “data integrity checks.”
That would allow them to provide clearer guidance on how they would resolve the problem and how long that would take.
It was working closely with Health NZ on the response, it said.
It comes almost two months after privately owned patient portal Manage My Health was caught up in a privacy breach.
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