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NY: Detailed medical records turn up online

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Dissent

Cathleen F. Crowley reports:

Alice Fisk searched Google hoping to find condolence messages written on memorial sites for her daughter, who died in September from complications of diabetes.

Instead of condolences, Fisk found a medical report about her daughter’s visit to a bone doctor.

[…]

Records of more than 1,000 patient visits to Northeast Orthopaedics, a large Albany surgical practice on Everett Road, have been posted on the Internet, a violation of patient privacy laws.

Alan Okun, practice administrator, said the North Carolina company that transcribes dictation for the doctors had a security lapse. The problem was discovered earlier this week and the company, MRecord, removed the records, he said.

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