(Update) Data on local cancer patients lost in Ohio computer theft

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

(This is related to the previously reported Geisinger Health Systems / 
Electronic Registry Systems breach of November 23)

http://www.ashlandcitytimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061219/COUNTY090101/61219011

A computer containing records of former cancer patients at Williamson 
Medical Center was stolen late last month from a Cincinnati company that 
helps the hospital manage its cancer registry data.

The hospital announced yesterday that it has mailed letters to about 1,000 
former cancer patients informing them of the theft and the possible breach 
of their private health records.

The computer, containing records from five hospitals including Williamson 
Medical, was stolen in a Nov. 23 burglary of the offices of Electronic 
Registry Systems Inc. of Cincinnati. Other hospitals affected are in 
Georgia, Pennsylvania and Ohio.

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