Virginia Health Professions officials said they don’t have any evidence that personal information was stolen by hackers who accessed a Web site that collects data on some patient prescriptions. Nonetheless, the department is advising patients and providers who may have data in Prescription Monitoring Program files to be extra vigilant over the next 12 to 24 months in reviewing their financial statements and credit reports.

Hackers may have infiltrated computers containing licensing information on doctors, nurses and other professions overseen by the Virginia Department of Health Professions. By yesterday afternoon, all 36 computer servers storing the state agency’s records were shut down after a midday message popped up on some computer screens that implied the system was being hacked.