MO: Medical records found blowing in wind outside Research Hospital

Garrett Haake reports:

At least several dozen, but possibly hundreds, of confidential medical records were scattered to the winds outside Research Hospital on Monday afternoon, potentially exposing the personal and medical information of scores of former patients of Midwest Women’s Healthcare.

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The man collected some 70 patient records and provided them to 41 Action News. He estimated five times as many blew away before he could gather them, with an unknown number scattered before he arrived. He asked for anonymity to discuss what he found on-camera.

“There’s patient name, addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, the medical facility, doctor’s name, patient’s address, patient’s phone number,” he said. “All sensitive information no one would want floating in the wind.”