Florida physician's donation creates security risk for 19,000 patients
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, June 2, 2008
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The generosity of a University of Florida College of Medicine at
Francis D. Ong, MD, assistant professor of plastic surgery, donated a computer that contained the health records of many of his patients to a
University policy, however, prohibits storing patient data on individual computer hard drives. "We deeply regret this event and apologize to our patients who it may have affected," Robert Nuss, MD, dean of the university’s
The family has since returned the computer to the University, according to the article.
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