Patient data may have been breached at Long Beach hospital

[Erica Absetz <erica () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://www.presstelegram.com/news/ci_23642044/patient-data-may-have-breached-at-long-beach

LONG BEACH —The private information of nearly 3,000 Long Beach
Memorial Medical Center patients may have been breached by an
employee, the hospital announced Thursday.

The hospital notified the 2,864 patients who were seen from September
2012 to last month of the breach of information, which included name,
sex, date of birth, home address, phone number, account number,
insurance information and the reason for admission.

Patients were also offered one year of free credit monitoring services
and a toll free telephone number to call for questions and concerns:
877-283-6545.

"At this time, there is no reason to believe the information was used
in a malicious manner or one that would impact quality of patient
care," the hospital said in a statement.

The hospital added that it reviewed its computer security procedures
and determined that network security has not been breached.

"Long Beach Memorial Medical Center will continue to thoroughly review
and strengthen its procedures to ensure it maintains the highest level
of patient privacy possible and take all necessary steps to safeguard
personal information," the hospital said.

Asked about the employee, the hospital referred calls to the Long
Beach Police Department.

A police spokeswoman said the

investigation is open and no arrest has been made.
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