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UT: U. patient records recovered


From: lyger <lyger () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 08:10:41 +0000 (UTC)


http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9761726

Stolen tapes containing millions of billing records for University of Utah 
patients have been recovered, the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office 
confirmed Tuesday.

Details about where and when the tapes were recovered were not 
immediately available. Salt Lake County sheriff's Lt. Paul Jaroscak 
deferred questions until a 1 p.m. news conference scheduled for today to 
discuss the issue.

He said no arrests have been made in connection with the theft, but 
confirmed to The Salt Lake Tribune that missing tapes - which put an 
estimated 1.5 million patients of University of Utah hospitals and clinics 
at risk for identity theft - were recently found.

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