MA: Data Loss Affects Thousands Of Patients

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

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Data Loss Affects Thousands Of Patients
South Shore Hospital Incident Under Investigation
POSTED: 2:12 pm EDT July 19, 2010
UPDATED: 3:09 pm EDT July 19, 2010

BOSTON -- Back-up computer files containing personal, health and financial 
information of thousands affiliated with South Shore Hospital may have 
been lost by a professional data management company.

The backup computer files could contain personally identifiable 
information for about 800,000 people, including patients who received 
medical services at South Shore Hospital as well as employees, physicians, 
volunteers, donors, vendors and other business partners associated with 
the hospital between Jan. 1, 1996, and Jan. 6, 2010.

The information on the backup computer files may include individuals. full 
names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, 
driver.s license numbers, medical record numbers, patient numbers, health 
plan information, dates of service, protected health information including 
diagnoses and treatments relating to certain hospital and home health care 
visits, and other personal information. Bank account information and 
credit card numbers for a very small subset of individuals also may have 
been on the backup computer files.

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