MI: Hospital Says Patient Info Missing

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http://www.clickondetroit.com/health/23070110/detail.html

SOUTHFIELD, Mich. -- Providence Hospital, like all medical facilities,
is required by federal law to safeguard patients' private information.
But the hospital has sent letters alerting patients that a hard drive
used for backing up data has been "lost or stolen from a locked office
suite."

The hospital explained that the data included patient names, medical
record numbers and/or clinical information, addresses and phone
numbers of some employees, and what the hospital called proprietary
businesses information.

The hospital would not comment on how many patients may be affected,
but said only 12 patients' Social Security numbers were on the hard
drive. A spokesman for the hospital said those patients are being
provided with credit monitoring services.

The hospital said the hard drive was stolen on either the Feb. 4 or 5,
but that they didn't learn about it until Feb. 9.

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