Computer theft exposes data on St. Vincent Health System and Methodist Medical Group patients
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, April 28, 2008
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The March 21 theft of a computer server from Central Collection Bureau, an
Central Collection has since notified the businesses of the theft, the AP reported.
Information about nearly 700,000 people stored on the server included some Social Security numbers, according to the article. Data was password-protected, but not encrypted.
St. Vincent Health System has not used the agency for more than three years, so billing data for its patients is several years out of date, according to the AP.
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