Quest Diagnostics confirms patient records accessed through Quanum system

Quest says it discovered unauthorized access on October 21st; the number of affected patients and the specific information accessed remain unknown.

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The unauthorized access involved a clinical ordering and results system used by some Quest clients. Quest says its wider testing operations continued through other channels.

A lab worker stands beside blood-sample racks behind a partly transparent privacy screen, representing the Quest Diagnostics patient-data breach.

Quest Diagnostics said an unauthorized party accessed certain patient records through its Quanum Lab Services Manager, a system healthcare clients use to order tests and view results. The company disclosed the incident in an October 22nd filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, after discovering the unauthorized access on October 21st.…

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