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Ma hospital missing handheld
From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 19:15:21 -0500
COMMENTARY... why would a PDA, which according to this news story was used to collect and upload data daily have 384 patient records ?? and of course there is the minor issue of PDA going missing on March 12 and "patients" being notified on April 17 END OF COMMENTARY http://www.telegram.com/article/20080419/NEWS/804190436/1116 HealthAlliance computer lost By Lisa Eckelbecker TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF leckelbecker () telegram com LEOMINSTER— The healthcare system Central New England HealthAlliance has sent letters to 384 patients notifying them that their personal information, including Social Security numbers and health insurance information, may be vulnerable because a hand-held computer used by a home health nurse is missing. HealthAlliance, which has hospitals and offers services in North Central Massachusetts, knows of no misuse of information that was stored in the personal digital assistant, or PDA, but has reported the potential data breach to Leominster police, said Mary Lourdes Burke, a spokeswoman for HealthAlliance. “We’re still taking the necessary steps, in terms of investigating the incident, notifying the patients and (following) all the rules and regulations of the state in terms of notifying the proper authorities,” Mrs. Burke said. In a letter dated April 17 that was sent to HealthAlliance home health patients, HealthAlliance Director of Compliance and Corporate Privacy David J. Murray wrote that a home health nurse noticed her PDA was missing on or about March 12. Nurses use the PDAs to document care while they are visiting patients, then connect them to HealthAlliance computers at the end of the day to update electronic medical records, he wrote. [...] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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