Fred Hutch Cancer Center clinical network breached

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, an independent organization also serving as the cancer program for the University of Washington School of Medicine, said Friday that it was still assessing the potential impact on patients and employees.

WHY IT MATTERS

According to the Fred Hutch Cancer Center website, a criminal group outside of the United States is responsible for the unauthorized activity on the clinical network discovered on November 19.

The center's Epic electronic health records, as well as UW Medicine's …