WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — At least a dozen employees of Washington Health System have been suspended after an investigation into accessing patient records.
Nearly two weeks after a horrible crash killed a woman at a WHS building, a senior hospital administrator confirmed to Channel 11 that the employees were looking into one to two patients who were involved in a "high profile case".
Washington Health System vice president Larry Pantuso would not confirm which case or in which building the employees worked, but did say they could be fired as a result.
An internal investigation is also still working to determine if it's a HIPPA violation, but they're taking the investigation very seriously and have assigned a team of human resource workers to it.
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Channel 11 has learned WHS has stringent internal auditing in place, which tipped off administrators to the breech.
Pending the outcome of the investigation, there could be employees terminated. Administrators are expected to release more information at that time.
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