Alabama Breach May be Related to Theft Ring (Regional Medical Center)

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

http://www.healthdatamanagement.com/news/breach-hospital-notification-hipaa-42772-1.html

Troy (Ala.) Regional Medical Center has notified 880 patients of a
data breach that includes names, addresses, dates of birth, Social
Security numbers and medical record numbers.

The 47-bed hospital learned on May 20 that the information "had been
accessed and removed from the hospital without authorization,"
according to the statement.

The statement did not indicate whether the information was paper-based
or downloaded electronic information, and hospital officials were not
immediately available for comment. The information likely was
paper-based because "it appears the patients impacted by the incident
were limited to individuals born between 1988 and 1992," according to
the statement.

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