*sigh*
Howard University Hospital this week sent notification to patients of a potential disclosure of their protected health information in late January. A former contractor’s personal laptop containing patient information was stolen, according to a statement by the hospital.
The laptop, taken from the former contractor’s vehicle, was password protected.
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The hospital has sent letters to 34,503 patients affected by the breach. The records contained the Social Security numbers for a number of those patients.
Read more on WUSA9.com, although you can probably write the story by now yourself.
A link on the hospital’s homepage says:
Howard University Hospital this week sent notification to patients of a potential disclosure of their protected health information that occurred in late January when a former contractor’s personal laptop containing patient information was stolen.
Click here to understand more about the Jan 27th “Data Breach”.