Mass. Patient Identity Exposure
by Robert on Sunday, August 15th, 2010 | No Comments
Four hospitals in Massachusetts are investigating why the patient care records of thousands, some containing Social Security numbers and sensitive medical diagnoses, turned up in a pile at a public dump.
Hospital patient record identity theft hazard alert!
Seems there was a ton of patient care records that ended up in a landfill, and not an industrial shredder as they should have.
That is, if they were supposed to have been disposed of.
And of course there’s shock, disgust and the usual things people interviewed say.
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Yes, this could happen to you and the sad part is there is really nothing you can do to prevent it.
Unless, you possess your own patient care records.
Be afraid…
Be very afraid…
The full story is here…