Richard Brooks provides some details on the Loma Linda University Health Care breach in April that we only knew about because it appeared on OCR’s web site this month:
A thief has stolen personal information regarding more than 500 surgical patients of Loma Linda University Medical Center, according to hospital officials.
A desktop computer containing the information disappeared April 5 from the department of surgery’s administrative office on Campus Street. San Bernardino County deputy sheriffs are investigating but the machine hasn’t been recovered.
The missing information includes each patient’s name, medical record number, diagnosis, surgery date, and the type of procedure.
Read more on the Press-Enterprise.