http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/5937805.html By LIZ AUSTIN PETERSON Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle Aug. 11, 2008 The Harris County Hospital District administrator who downloaded medical and financial records for 1,200 patients onto a flash drive that later was lost or stolen no longer works there, a district spokesman said Monday. Spokesman Bryan McLeod confirmed the low-level administrator's departure but would not say whether she resigned or was fired or when she left, calling it a confidential personnel matter. Attempts to reach the former employee for comment Monday were unsuccessful. The flash drive contained records listing patients' names, medical record numbers, billing codes, the facilities where they were treated and other billing information, the district said. It also included the patients' Medicaid or Medicare numbers, which can indicate their Social Security numbers or those of their spouses. Many of the patients listed on the flash drive have HIV or AIDS, according to Harris County Judge Ed Emmett. [...] __________________________________________________ Visit Defcon Pics - Defcon Memory Repository http://www.defconpics.orgReceived on Tue Aug 12 2008 - 23:25:19 PDT
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