AL: Patient Information "Disappears" from Montgomery Psychiatric Hospital

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=8339331&nav=0RdDAp3y

It's a place where patients hope for a high standard of care and, above 
all, privacy.

Now, Montgomery's Greil Hospital has a information leak on its hands.

"Several months ago we noticed something irregular in some patient 
records," explained Dr. John Ziegler of the Alabama Department of Mental 
Health and Mental Retardation.

Department staffers say index cards containing personal 
information--names, dates of birth, even Social Security numbers--are 
gone.

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