More than 6,000 UCSF patients' information available online
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, May 12, 2008
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The information was accessible if patients were searched for by name. Data included names, addresses, and treatment locations, along with some medical record numbers, according to the article.
Data was posted online as a result of fundraising activities. UCSF shared patient information with its business associate, Target
HIPAA permits the sharing certain types of PHI, not including health information, for fundraising purposes. PHI included in the data posted online may have included treatment locations, which could reveal health information about a patient. In this case, patients received treatment in chest and pulmonary, vascular surgery, pediatric surgery, and pediatric multiple sclerosis units, according to the article.
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