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Lost medical records in Boston MA


From: Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:56:50 -0500

http://tinyurl.com/dnalor

or cut & paste:

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/03/24/mass_general_paperwork_for_66_patients_lost_on_red_line_train/

Paperwork containing the personal medical information of at least 66 patients at Massachusetts General Hospital was lost this month when an employee apparently left it on an MBTA train.

The hospital sent out letters last week to patients whose identities were included in the lost paperwork, telling them the information listed their names and dates of birth, and private medical information, including their diagnoses and the name of the provider with whom they met. The material constituted billing records for patients who attended the hospital's Infectious Disease Associates outpatient practice on Fruit Street on March 4.

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