Nurse's laptop stolen in SE Conn.

[Henry Brown <hbrown () knology net>]

 From theday http://www.theday.com/article/20101112/NWS01/311129846/1044

VNA patients are warned of possible security breach after computer theft
By Judy Benson

Published 11/12/2010 12:00

Waterford - About 12,000 current and former patients of the Visiting 
Nurse Association of Southeastern Connecticut will be receiving letters 
notifying them of a possible security breach of agency data.

Mary Lenzini, VNA president, said Thursday that the letters are being 
sent after a laptop computer used by one of the visiting nurses was 
stolen from her car. The laptop, stolen on Sept. 30, had been in the 
nurse's locked car that was parked in the driveway of her Waterford 
home, Lenzini said. The theft was reported to police. The laptop has not 
been recovered.

Nurses use the laptops to record all patient information, including 
names, addresses, diagnoses and types of care provided. All the 
information is encrypted, and access to the data is password protected, 
Lenzini said. Thus far there has been no indication that any patient 
data has been illegally accessed, she said.

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