Kaiser patient medical records compromised - 0 views
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Karl Wabst on 15 Jan 10"Medical records for about 15,500 Northern California Kaiser patients - about 9,000 of them in the Bay Area - were compromised after thieves stole an external drive from a Kaiser employee's car last month, Kaiser officials said Tuesday." Kaiser officials said the electronic device contained patients' names, medical record numbers and possibly ages, genders, telephone numbers, addresses and general information related to their care and treatment. No Social Security numbers or financial information was contained on the drive, and Kaiser officials said there's no evidence that the information has been used inappropriately. The device was not encrypted, but some of the information was password protected. Kaiser has sent letters to the 15,500 members and the employee, who Kaiser would not identify, has been fired.
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Karl Wabst on 15 Jan 10Another hospital employee fired for inappropraite access of medical records. More damage to a medical group reputation because someone failed to get the message.