Beaumont error raises care and privacy issues

[Dissent <Dissent () pogowasright org>]

Beaumont Hospital mistakenly mailed medical reports on three patients 
to a retired dentist in Texas, an error that delayed vital 
information from reaching the patients' doctor and raised privacy and 
health care concerns at a hospital with past privacy issues.

Sensitive medical reports containing test results, dates of birth and 
patient identification numbers were sent in error to retired dentist 
Eugene Derricotte of San Antonio in July and August, violating 
privacy standards set forth in the Health Insurance Portability & 
Accountability Act of 1996.

... The disclosures come after the hospital came under fire in August 
for losing a laptop computer that contained information on 28,473 of 
its home care patients, including Social Security numbers, addresses 
and dates of birth. The laptop was recovered; no patient data had 
been breached.

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http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060916/LIFESTYLE03/609160350


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