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Loyola University Medical Center patients’ information compromised after car break-in

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Dissent

Tom Negovan reports:

He raves about the medical care he’s received at Loyola University Medical Center, but a heart transplant patient says he can’t believe the hospital allowed his personal information to be compromised.

Worse still, 63-year-old Vincent Cherry says, administrators are doing nothing to help.

He was notified earlier this month that a Loyola employee’s car had been broken into. Among the items taken was a thumb drive containing vital patient information, including social security numbers.

[…]

Loyola estimates fewer than 100 patients had data compromised, telling WGN News it’s doing everything it can to help them secure their personal information.

Read more on WGN.


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