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Update on Jersey City theft of patient records (updated)

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Dissent

Patrick Villanova reports:

Dr. Nisar Quraishi, who operated a practice at 1 Chopin Court in Jersey City, believes the number of missing records is in the range of 5,000 to 10,000 — not 40,000 as he originally stated to authorities, said Carly Baldwin, a spokeswoman for the city Police Department.

Read more on NJ.com.

Update of Nov. 7: the breach was reported to HHS as affecting 20,000 patients, but there’s no indication whether this number was reported before or after the revised estimate of 5-10,000. The incident was also reported to HHS as being in NY, when it was in NJ.

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