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medical data published on South Texas Web Site
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:35:45 -0500
http://tinyurl.com/37xl5m Private medical information published on county Web site EDINBURG — The names, Social Security numbers and treatment descriptions for 25 indigent patients were posted on the county’s Web site for nearly two months before Hidalgo County officials took them down Monday. The information — included in documents linked to Commissioners Court’s May 29 meeting agenda — specified medical procedures, costs and the personal information of those covered by the program. The information was removed from the county Web site Monday afternoon after The Monitor contacted county officials about the situation. Eduardo Olivarez, director of the county health and human services department, said he had no idea why the patients’ personal information was published on the Web. He said the department is conducting an internal investigation into the matter. “I’m not sure how it got there,” Olivarez said. “I apologize. I just don’t know how it happened.” The services delivered to the indigent patients were for emergency room visits between September 2003 and December 2004. ... _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 214 million compromised records in 730 incidents over 7 years.
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