The incident, according to Larson, was limited to two individuals with the same first and last names, and it was the result of a human error, not a technological problem.
'Human error' leads to second privacy breach on Vermont Health Connect
Author: Alicia Freese
Alicia Freese began her journalism career as a reporter with VTDigger. She later spent five years covering local and state politics as a staff writer for the Seven Days newspaper. Her work has won awards from the New England Newspaper & Press Association, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia and the Vermont Press Association.
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