NYU Langone Health notified patients the week of January 4, 2022, about a potential privacy incident resulting in misdirected, limited patient information. The incident occurred on or about November 12, 2021, when a communication was sent via U.S. mail to inform patients of a planned relocation of an NYU Langone Health oncology surgeon originally based…
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NYU Langone Health Notifies Patients of Improperly Disposed Binder Containing Patient Information
NYU Langone Health notified patients this week that a binder containing a log with information related to presurgical insurance authorizations from NYU Langone Health Pediatric Surgery Associates was mistakenly recycled by NYU Langone’s cleaning company on October 17, 2017. Patient social security numbers were not included and therefore are not at risk, and there is…
NYU Langone Medical Center Notified Patients of Stolen Unencrypted Laptop Containing Patient Information
In July, I noted that NYU Langone Medical Center had notified 8,400 patients of a stolen computer containing their protected health information. At the time, I wasn’t aware that they had also reported a breach in June involving a stolen laptop containing protected health information. Today I stumbled across a copy of their notice on their…
NYU Langone Medical Center notifies 8,400 neurosurgery patients that stolen computer may contain patient health info
NEW YORK, July 23, 2012 – NYU Langone Medical Center notified patients this week that a desktop computer containing personal health information was discovered stolen from the Faculty Group Practice office of John G. Golfinos, MD, chair of the Department of Neurosurgery on May 23, 2012. Although the computer was not encrypted, it was password…
NYU Langone Medical Center's Hospital for Joint Diseases Notifies Patients Of Potential Data Breach
Another potential breach at NYU Langone Medical Center, it seems. From their notice, posted August 22: NYU Langone Medical Center’s Hospital for Joint Diseases (HJD) notified patients that documents containing limited personal information were mistakenly discarded, compacted and buried in a landfill outside of New York State. The documents consisted of paper tracking records of…
NYU Langone Medical Center Notifies Patients That Stolen Computer Contained Clinical Information
NYU Medical Center has posted the following breach notification on its web site, dated March 29, 2011: NYU Langone Medical Center notified patients recently that a desktop computer was discovered stolen from an NYU School of Medicine Faculty Group Practice physician’s office on January 27, 2011. The computer contained correspondence with patients regarding their office…