OHSU warns: Stolen laptop had patient information

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http://portlandtribune.com/pt/9-news/134769-ohsu-warns-stolen-laptop-had-patient-information

By Pamplin Media Group
25 March 2013

Oregon Health & Science University is contacting more than 4,000 patients whose 
medical information was on a doctor’s laptop computer stolen in late February 
from a rented vacation home in Hawaii.

OHSU officials said the laptop taken during a burglary included information in 
an email program on 4,022 patients. Almost all of the patient information was 
contained within daily surgery schedules that are emailed to surgeons. The 
schedules on the laptop were for surgeries that took place in late 2012 through 
Feb. 20, 2013.

The information included patient names, OHSU patient medical record numbers, 
Type of surgery for each patient, surgery dates and locations and the name of 
the surgeon and anesthesiologist.

In addition, OHSU security investigators determined that a small number of the 
nearly 5,000 emails stored on the laptop contained Social Security numbers for 
nine patients. Those persons are being offered free identity theft monitoring.

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