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NC: Wake EMS Laptop Missing


From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 22:50:17 +0000 (UTC)


http://www.wral.com/news/news_briefs/story/2364442/

A Wake County Emergency Medical Services laptop computer with patient 
information disappeared from the WakeMed Emergency Department Thursday 
night, officials said Monday.

The computer, which was being charged at the time of its disappearance, 
was not in use, and security measures make it unlikely that information 
would be accessed, according to a news release.

"We have no reason to believe that the computer was stolen with any 
intention of accessing the medical records stored in it," Wake EMS Chief 
Skip Kirkwood said.

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