Data Loss: HHS reveals three more breaches

[security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>]

http://www.phiprivacy.net/?p=3108

HHS reveals three more breaches
By Dissent, July 20, 2010

HHS/OCR's web site reveals three more breaches that were never reported in 
mainstream media:

The Long Island Consultation Center in New York is a private mental health 
clinic providing outpatient psychiatric services. According to an alert on 
their web site:

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NYU Langone Medical Center.s Hospital for Joint Diseases  also reported 
the loss of a portable electronic device to HHS. The loss reportedly 
occurred on May 8 and affected 2,563 patients. In a notification on their 
web site dated July 1, the hospital writes:

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The E. Brooks Wilkins Family Medicine practice in North Carolina also 
reported a breach to HHS. According to HHS.s web site, the breach involved 
theft and unauthorized access of a desktop computer, and affected 13,000 
patients.

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