CA: Personal data missing from UCI Medical Center

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.ocregister.com/ocregister/homepage/abox/article_1690870.php

Police are investigating the disappearance of medical files containing 
personal information for nearly 300 patients from UCI Medical Center, 
university officials said Thursday.

About 1,600 file boxes stored in an off-site university warehouse were 
discovered missing in the last two months. The files are generally held in 
storage for seven years according to state law prior to being destroyed, 
officials said.

The missing boxes represent about 2 percent of the hospital's records 
stored at the facility. Some of the files included patients' names, 
addresses, Social Security numbers and medical record numbers. University 
police were notified March 6 when the first boxes were discovered missing.

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