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Over 6,000 Madrona Medical Group patients are being warned to watch for identity theft after a former employee was caught accessing and saving patient files into his personal computer. The former employee was arrested and charged with computer trespass.
Madrona officials don’t believe the files were copied or used for identity theft, but they sent letters this week to more than 6,000 patients anyway, asking them to take steps to make sure no one uses the information illegally.
The records include patients’ names, addresses, Social Security numbers and dates of birth.
Source: The Bellingham Herald
Written by MCruz on August 13th, 2006 with no comments.
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PSA HealthCare patients’ data was lost in a stolen laptop. A press release was issued yesterday by the company with the following information:
PSA HealthCare (Nasdaq: PSAI) today announced that a company-owned laptop computer was stolen from an employee’s vehicle in a public parking lot. The laptop computer contained certain personal information of approximately 51,000 current and former patients, including names and social security numbers and, in a limited number of cases, personal health information. The laptop computer was password protected and PSA has no indication that any of the information has been accessed or misused. However, PSA will begin to contact the affected individuals in order to provide them with steps to take to protect themselves from any possible misuse of their personal information.
Source: BusinessWire
Written by MCruz on August 5th, 2006 with no comments.
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Patients at Kaiser are being warned to be on the lookout for identity theft.
Kaiser is sending letters to 160,000 patients apologizing and warning that some personal information has been compromised.
The HMO explained that a laptop computer containing a database about hearing aid benefit patients was stolen from Kaiser headquarters in Oakland.
The missing data includes names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers and the locations of clinics where patients receive care.
Source: KRA 3 News
Written by MCruz on August 5th, 2006 with no comments.
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Over 250,000 Vassar Brothers Medical Center patients’ personal information was stored in a stolen laptop.
The laptop computer was taken from the emergency department sometime between June 23 and June 26, according to a letter sent to patients and obtained by the Journal. It was used to register ER patients. The letter was dated July 17. It said the computer was password protected and that there is “no evidence that the hard drive has been inappropriately accessed.”
According to the letter, the computer contained patients’ names, date of birth, sex, telephone number and Social Security number.
Anyone affected by this breach is encouraged to contact at least one of the major credit bureaus and place a fraud alert on their files.
Update (08/06/06): Copies of the notifications letters are found here:
Source: PoughkeepsieJournal.com
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Written by MCruz on August 2nd, 2006 with 4 comments.
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Georgetown University Hospital (GUH) patient information was exposed on a third party computer system maintained by InstantDX (a Maryland-based firm). A computer consultant stumbled upon the unsecured data while performing a software installation at a physician’s office.
The leaked information included patients’ names, a ddresses, Social Security numbers and dates of birth, but not medical data or the drugs the patients were prescribed, says Marianne Worley, a spokeswoman for the Washington, D.C.-based hospital known for providing emergency care to the nation’s most powerful political figures.
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“The initial investigation has found that no patient demographic data was inappropriately used,” says Worley, who says between 5,600 and 23,000 patients were affected.
There is no indication in the article if those affected will be notified of the incident. In fact, the Indiana-based consultant may be blamed instead of commended for discovering the unsecured data.
Source: Wired
Written by MCruz on July 25th, 2006 with 1 comment.
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