TX: Medical records found dumped

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA021907.medicalrecordsdumped.KENS.184ada9d.html

Hundreds of medical records from a chiropractor's office, protected under 
federal law, were found in the trash Monday behind a building.

The paperwork, covered under the HIPPA law, included Social Security 
numbers, photocopies of driver's license numbers, addresses, phone numbers 
and private medical history.

At least 20 boxes with medical files were recovered. Some of the files 
were found loose on the ground. They all belonged to Dr. James D. Strader 
of the now-defunct Back and Joint Institute of Texas.

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