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Georgia Health Sciences University notifying 513 patients of security breach after laptop stolen from nurse's home

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Dissent

This notice was posted today on Georgia Health Science University’s web site, although I don’t see a link to it from their home page:

Georgia Health Sciences University has notified 513 patients about the theft of a laptop computer that may have contained some of their personal information.

On Jan. 18, a nurse practitioner who works in sickle cell clinics across Georgia, including the Georgia Health Sciences Adult Sickle Cell Clinic, had a laptop computer stolen from her home. The information in the records on the laptop was limited to name, date of birth, limited diagnosis information and an internal code associated with the patient’s laboratory tests. The records did not include addresses, Social Security numbers or financial information.

The theft was reported to the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, as well as campus Public Safety and privacy and security officers.

“Everyone at Georgia Health Sciences is committed to protecting our patients’ privacy and we greatly regret this incident,” said Christine Adams, Enterprise Privacy Officer. “We have taken steps to further strengthen our security efforts and are making every attempt to personally notify patients whose information may have been involved.”

Patients of the Adult Sickle Cell Clinic who are concerned they may be affected but were not notified are encouraged to contact Adams at 800-576-6623, 706-721-1626 or [email protected].

So if the nurse worked in other clinics as well, were their patients’ data on the stolen laptop, too? So far, I haven’t found any other public notices from any other sickle cell centers about this incident.

via WJBF

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