Chicago-area doctors' group announces data breach

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-chicagoarea-doctors-group-announces-data-breach-20140404,0,5815884.story

By Mitch Smith
Tribune reporter
April 5, 2014

Surgical information for more than 1,200 patients may have been 
compromised in February when an unknown person accessed a doctor’s Gmail 
account, a Chicago-area physicians’ group announced Friday.

Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush said in a news release that names and dates 
of birth for 1,256 patients could have been accessed, along with 
descriptions, dates and instructions for their surgeries. All those 
patients were notified by letter this week, Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush 
said, and the group has received no reports that the information has been 
misused.

The breach, which was discovered around Feb. 10, did not expose patients' 
financial information, the group said.

"We take this situation very seriously and apologize that this incident 
occurred," Dennis Viellieu, the group's CEO, said in the news release. 
"Maintaining the integrity of confidential patient information is of 
utmost importance to us."

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