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Staten Island University Hospital notifies patients of December theft

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2008-05-01 15:09:25 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Patients Number Affected 88,000 Types of Data names, Social Security and health insurance numbers Breach Description STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Computer equipment stolen from an administrative office in Rosebank in December contained personal information about 88,000 patients who have been treated at Staten Island University Hospital ...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, information, information security, information security breaches, hospital, island university hospital, protect patient information, island
 
 
 
 
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Stolen Bolton Hospitals Laptop affects cancer patients

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2008-02-04 10:47:22 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...patients from Bolton, Wigan and Salford Number Affected 200 Types of Data names, addresses, information, their diagnosis and treatment and clinical correspondence between medical staff Breach Description A laptop computer containing sensitive personal information belonging to gynaecology cancer patients from Bolton, Wigan and Salford (UK)...
 
Tags: royal bolton hospital, bolton hospital, bolton hospitals, hospital, relevant hospital staff, hospital staff, patients, bolton, medical information
 
 
 
 
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42,000 West Penn Allegheny Health System Patients

2007-12-28 17:06:00 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
 
...patients Number Affected 42,000 Types of Data Names, Social Security numbers, phone numbers, addresses and patient care information Breach Description On November 24th, 2007 a laptop containing sensitive personal information was stolen from the home of a nurse employed by the West Penn Allegheny Health System. Letters were sent to the...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, information, nurse, home care nurse, patients, home, information warrants, computer
 
 
 
 
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Controversy surrounds Royal Perth computers and patients

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2008-04-08 00:21:25 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Patients Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Personal information, including patient names and addresses, dates of birth, medical conditions and patient numbers Breach Description WA POLICE are investigating claims by The Sunday Times that the newspaper was able to access private details of hospital patients from old computers found...
 
Tags: hospital claim, hospital, computers, hospital computers, sunday times hired, sunday times, patient details, confidential patient details, times
 
 
 
 
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University of Miami reports stolen tapes affecting patients

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2008-04-25 15:34:41 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...patients that visited university medical facilities since January 1st, 1999 Number Affected more than 2 million" (2,000,000 According to the ComputerWorld report . The University of Miami will be notifying 47,000 people whose data may have included credit card or other financial information regarding bill payment Types of Data Names,...
 
Tags: personal information belongs, personal information, tapes, university, information, financial information, secure information services, data, usable data
 
 
 
 
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Illinois Eye Center warns patients of identity theft

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2008-04-04 12:40:39 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Patients Number Affected Unknown Types of Data Names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth Breach Description A former Illinois Eye Center employee could have used confidential patient information for identity theft Reference URL Peoria Journal Star WEEK NBC News Report Credit Tom McIntyre, WEEK NBC News Response From the online...
 
Tags: eye center, center, illinois eye center, illinois, identity theft, confidential information, information, confidential patient information, occasional
 
 
 
 
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Tenet Healthcare warns 37,000 patients of data compromise

2008-02-22 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b4ce0c in Network World on Security
 
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp. last week sent out notices to about 37,000 patients informing them about the potential compromise of their personal and financial data
 
Tags: tenet healthcare corp, financial data, patients, potential compromise, week, personal, notices
 
 
 
 
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Hospitals often fail to notify patients of data breaches

2008-04-11 00:00:00 by Jon Brodkin in Network World on Security
 
Hospitals often keep patients in the dark about data breaches exposing their medical records, because of regulatory loopholes
 
Tags: data breaches, hospitals, medical records, patients, regulatory loopholes, dark
 
 
 
 
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Health care practices and UCSF patient records exposed

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2008-05-07 16:10:17 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Patients Number Affected 6,313 Types of Data The information included names, addresses, medical departments and some patient medical record numbers Breach Description 05-01) 17:22 PDT San Francisco -- Information on thousands of UCSF patients was accessible on the Internet for more than three months last year, a possible violation of...
 
Tags: ucsf, ucsf patient, ucsf patients, patients, patient, sensitive information, information, patient information, ucsf medical center
 
 
 
 
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Sandown Health Centre backup tape is missing

2008-05-27 13:14:16 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
 
...Patients Number Affected 38,650 Types of Data Medical records Breach Description The Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust and the Sandown Health Centre are taking action to reassure patients after a computer tape containing their personal details went missing Reference URL Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust News The Press Association...
 
Tags: tape, health centre, sandown health centre, data verification, data verification company, back-up tape,