Mount Sinai Hospital reports two stolen laptops contained Social Security Numbers and diagnoses

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader () gmail com>]

http://www.phiprivacy.net/?p=7452

Mount Sinai Multispecialty Physicians Practice announced today that
two laptop computers which may contain confidential patient
information are missing from its offices in Long Island City, Queens.
An investigation has been launched, and there is no reason at this
time to believe that any data on the missing laptops have been
accessed or used improperly.

Information about as many as 720 patients may be contained on the
missing laptops, including protected health information such as name,
social security number and diagnosis. One laptop was password
protected, but a person with sophisticated computer abilities might be
able to bypass the password protection.

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