BRI 10-07-2020

BRI OCT 10 2020

Bringe live destination medical center is working to improve downtown rochester for you.

I'm kimt news three's jessica bringe live with the steps they're taking to build a better city.

Trying to determine and understand the scope of the invasion as mayo clinic confirmed a privacy breach impacting more than 16?

"* hundred patients... we're hearing from a local attorney about what those patients should do next./// "we can walk away at the end of the day knowing that we tested every piece of equipment and it is successfully passed that test."

Ensuring your vote is secure.

We're taking a live look at the testing the cerro gordo county auditor's office is undertaking with voting machine to fix any issues before election ?a passing front may have hit the pause button on our warming trend, but it won't be long until we fast forward to the 80s!

I'm tracking a big warm up and i'll let you know when to expect it./// looping eye kimt news three first at four starts right now./// good afternoon and thank you for joining us for kimt news 3 first at 4... i'm calyn thompson.

First this afternoon ?

"* mayo clinic is investigatig after confirming a privacy breach impacted more than 16?

*- hundred of its patients.

Mayo clinic was alerted to the suspicious access on august 5th.

Investigators determined the access was isolated to one employee.

Local attorney andrew davick tells me he's been contacted from impacted patients about the matter.

He says this could be a hipaa violation if the individual accessed medical records and was not involved in the patient's care.

He suspects that's the case since the employee is no longer with mayo.

With a lot of unknowns regarding the nature of the breach, davick says patients have a right to ask questions.xxx if i were in your shoes, i would inquire further of the clinic.

I would go to them and say i would like to know exactly what was access in terms of my patient record, what was done about it, was there a third?

"* party dissemination of that information?

So for example, did this individual who accessed these medical records; were they downloaded, were they taken off site, were they provided to a third party?

Davick said whether or not they take on cases depends on the circumstances and nature of the incident.

Mayo clinic said all patients who have been affected will receive a letter in the mail with additional information./// destination medical center is working on new ways to improve downtown rochester while keeping public interest in mind..

Kimt new three's jessica bringe joins us live from d?

"*m?

"*c with what step economic development initiative is taking..

Jessica.

Amy?

"* destination medical center..here in downtown..

Is focused on it's five?

"*year development plan that looks to h care hub.

As part of that initiative ?

"* a webinar was held today called dollars and sense of development patterns.

During the webinar members of d?

"* m?

"*c were joined by an planning consulting firm called urban?

"*three.

The firm explored how rochester compares to other locations nationwide and how the dmc can visualize market dynamics created by tax and land use i have the benefit of traveling around and working in a lot of different communities and for me the big "so what" is how amazing these investments are in your community and how much you're growing your wealth inside your community.

Dmc will also be holding another webinar on friday about how the first five years of the development have measured up to the goals that were set.

Live in thank you jessica.

Urban three also advised the d?

"*m?

"*c to learn how to utilize government differently to help continue developing and moving forward.

Now let's get you all caught up on the latest coronavirus case in your community?

"*?

"* here in olmsted county there are 16 new cases.

In mower county there are 7 new cases and iowa health officials report 2 new cases in cerro gordo county the minnesota department of health is confirming 918 new cases of the virus making for a statewide total of over 106?

"*thousand.

In iowa, there have now been 94?

"*thousand?

*1 cases according to johns hopkins?

"**- more than 31?

"* hundred americans have died of covid since mr. trump revealed his positive test five days ago.

Governor tim walz will be convening a special session of the minnesota legislature monday and intends to again extend the covid?

"*19 peacetime emergency.

According to walz, the 30?

"* day extension into november is needed to ensure the state the cerro gordo county auditor's office is calibrating voting machines ahead of the november election.

Kimt news 3's alex jirgens got an up close look at those efforts.

He joins us live in mason city ?

"* alex?xxx calyn?

"* here at the courthouse ?

"* the auditor's office is making sure that the voting process will run efficiently on november 3rd.

Each piece of equipment ?

"* that includes standard voting machines ?

"* including special machines for hard of hearing or visually impaired voters and ballot readers ?

"* are all being tested.

County auditor adam wedmore is focused on making sure equipment is not susceptible to interference.x "these machines are protected in the fact that they are never connected to the internet.

They are completely offline.

They are password protected, encrypted harddrives, and they are standalone devices that we manually program and keep under lock and key."

Each machine has an internal memory card that records the results on election night.

After the polls close ?

"* that card will be brought right back here for tabulation.

Live in mason thank you alex wedmore says the equipment