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Milton, Caritas Carney hospitals to patients about dumped medical records
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:56:00 -0500 (CDT)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://www.patriotledger.com/lifestyle/health_and_beauty/x316188449/Milton-Caritas-Carney-hospitals-to-patients-about-dumped-medical-records By Lane Lambert The Patriot Ledger Aug 14, 2010 MILTON -- medical records? Milton Hospital and Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester will soon be contacting thousands of patients whose medical records were found at a public dump in late July. Both hospitals have posted information for patients on their websites and are making plans to send letters to all patients who were involved in the security breach. Both have direct phone lines that patients can call. Carney?s number is 800-699-1202, and Milton?s is 617-313-1000 followed by 1 and extension 881555. "We want to make sure our patients have whatever information they need," Milton Hospital spokesman Jason Bouffard said. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () datalossdb org) Archived at http://seclists.org/dataloss/ Get business, compliance, IT and security staff on the same page with CREDANT Technologies: The Shortcut Guide to Understanding Data Protection from Four Critical Perspectives. The eBook begins with considerations important to executives and business leaders. http://www.credant.com/campaigns/ebook-chpt-one-web.php
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