Patient
information from four southern West Virginia
hospitals is part of information hacked from more than 200 hospitals in the U.S.
The
Community Health System announced Monday information on 4.5 million patients
from its computer network was taken earlier this year. The system’s hospitals
in West Virginia are the Bluefield
Regional Medical
Center , Greenbrier
Valley Medical
Center in Ronceverte, Williamson Memorial
Hospital and Plateau Medical
Center
West
Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in a statement that his office
would protect those who may have had their information compromised.
“If
you believe you were affected by this data breach, it will be very important to
check your statements carefully,” Morrisey said. “Be on the lookout for things
like being billed for medical items you never ordered or received, or if you’re
being billed multiple times for certain procedures or items.”
