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Hospital Laptop Computer Containing Patient Information Stolen
From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:12:34 -0400 (EDT)
Courtesy Audit (attrition.org) http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/9716061/detail.html 28,400 Home Care Patients Affected POSTED: 10:32 am EDT August 22, 2006 UPDATED: 1:49 pm EDT August 22, 2006 TROY, Mich. -- Troy Beaumont Hospital officials are asking for your help Tuesday in recovering a stolen laptop computer containing patient information. The laptop computer was stolen on Aug. 5, according to hospital officials. The computer was in the rear of the vehicle of a Beaumont Home Care nurse, which was stolen from outside a senior center on Agnes Street on Detroit, said Chris Hengstebeck, director of security at Troy Beaumont Hospital. The vehicle was recovered about a mile from the location, but the laptop remained missing, according to Hengstebeck. The Dell D-400 computer (serial No. 5MZ1F61) was turned off at the time and in a nylon case, Hengstebeck said. He said the computer is used to document patient care and includes personal information such as names, addresses, Social Security numbers and insurance information on 28,400 Home Care patients served over the last three years. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tracking more than 142 million compromised records in 307 incidents over 6 years.
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