Re: AL: Patient Information "Disappears" from Montgomery Psychiatric Hospital

["TS Glassey" <tglassey () earthlink net>]

The only way to stop this type of problem is to make the penalty so painful 
that people aren't willing to chance it for the most part.

Todd

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lyger" <lyger () attrition org>
To: <dataloss () attrition org>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:08 AM
Subject: [Dataloss] AL: Patient Information "Disappears" from Montgomery 
Psychiatric Hospital


> 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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