http://www.cmio.net/index.php?option=com_articles&view=article&id=34638:beth-israel-suffers-large-data-breach By Beth Walsh CMIO.net July 23, 2012 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Boston is in the process of notifying approximately 3,900 patients of a potential breach of protected health information (PHI) as a result of a physician's stolen personal laptop computer. The computer was stolen from the office of a BIDMC physician on May 22. The computer, which contained a tracking device, has not been recovered nor has the tracking device been activated. In addition to notifying law enforcement, which arrested a suspect in the theft, BIDMC engaged a national forensic firm to investigate whether data were compromised. There has been no indication that any information has been misused. The laptop contained files that included short summaries of medical information used for administrative purposes within BIDMC, but did not contain complete medical records and did not contain patient financial information such as Social Security numbers. The stolen laptop also contained approximately 230 administrative employee records. [...] -- Learn how to be a Pen Tester, CISSP, ISSMP, or ISSAP with Expanding Security online. Come to a free class and see how good and fun the program really is. http://www.expandingsecurity.com/PainPillReceived on Tue Jul 24 2012 - 02:02:52 PDT
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