Florida to Increase Security of Statewide Prescription Database

The Florida Department of Health has plans to increase security of its prescription drug database in an effort to better protect patient information, according to a Miami Herald report.

New safety measures under consideration include a reduced number of database users, automatic notifications to administrators when a user requests database information and a process for removing users who compromise patient data, according to the report.

The announcement from the health department comes a week after the American Civil Liberties Union claimed patient data was leaked from the database, according to the report.

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