Thieves take laptop from car
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, October 30, 2006
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Minneapolis-based Allina Hospitals & Clinics is alerting patients that thieves stole a nurse's laptop containing information about obstetrics patients, StarTribune.com reports. The laptop disappeared October 8 from the nurse's vehicle.
Two passwords are necessary to retrieve the information, and there are no indications that the thieves have used the information, Allina officials said. Allina will offer a year's worth of free credit monitoring to the affected patients. The organization will also change its policies to prevent employees from storing patients' Social Security numbers on laptops.
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