Bea Lewis reports:
Despite crossed fingers, a package containing personnel medical information on 1,500 patients at Lakes Region General Hospital remains missing.
Henry Lipman, executive vice president and chief financial officer at LRGHeath Care, said UPS shipped the parcel from a Woburn, Mass. central processing agent to the hospital but the package never arrived.
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Information contained in the package includes patient names, dates of service and diagnosis code numbers for different diagnosis or medical procedures. No bank account or credit card information is included. What information is included varies from insurer to insurer, Lipman said, noting that workers’ compensation claims use social security numbers.
Read more in The Citizen of Laconia
Update of 12-31-08: LRGHealthcare’s notification to the NH Attorney General is now available online.