Milton, Caritas Carney hospitals to patients about dumped medical records

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http://www.patriotledger.com/lifestyle/health_and_beauty/x316188449/Milton-Caritas-Carney-hospitals-to-patients-about-dumped-medical-records

By Lane Lambert
The Patriot Ledger
Aug 14, 2010 

MILTON -- medical records?

Milton Hospital and Caritas Carney Hospital in Dorchester will soon be 
contacting thousands of patients whose medical records were found at a 
public dump in late July.

Both hospitals have posted information for patients on their websites 
and are making plans to send letters to all patients who were involved 
in the security breach.

Both have direct phone lines that patients can call. Carney’s number is 
800-699-1202, and Milton’s is 617-313-1000 followed by 1 and extension 
881555.

“We want to make sure our patients have whatever information they need,” 
Milton Hospital spokesman Jason Bouffard said.

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