Johns Hopkins Employee May Have Stolen Patient Data

["Julie Friend" <jdfriend () gemstonepartners biz>]

Johns Hopkins is alerting more than 10,000 of its hospital patients that
they may have been victims of identity theft. An investigation suggests a
former employee who worked in patient registration may have been linked to a
scheme to create fake drivers' licenses in Virginia, according to this
letter <http://www.oag.state.md.us/idtheft/Breach%20Notices/ITU-168293.pdf>
from Baltimore-based Hopkins to the Maryland attorney general's office.

Most of the patients are at very low risk, the letter says - they're
included because the former employee accessed their records in the course of
her work. But a few dozen have already been identified as likely victims,
and a few hundred who have Virginia mailing addresses and whose records were
accessed by the former employee may also be at risk. Hopkins is offering
those patients credit monitoring, fraud resolution and identity-theft
reimbursement for certain expenses.

http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2009/05/12/johns-hopkins-employee-may-have-stole
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Julie Davis Friend - CITRMS, CIPA

Gemstone Partners

jdfriend () gemstonepartners biz

blog: www.juliefriend.com

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