Marshall Allen reports:
Private information about accident victims treated at University Medical Center [Clark County, Nevada] has apparently been leaking for months, the Sun has learned, allegedly so ambulance-chasing attorneys could mine for clients.
Sources say someone at UMC is selling a compilation of the hospital’s daily registration forms for accident patients. This is confidential information — including names, birth dates, Social Security numbers and injuries — that could also be used for identity theft.
Read more in the Las Vegas Sun. The hospital heard rumors of a leak early in the summer but did not have any evidence until the newspaper recently handed them proof. The hospital will likely be in for criticism for not pursuing the rumors more diligently as the reporter suggests that numerous sources were telling the hospital that there was a problem.