Patient information compromised at Berkshire Medical Center

[Inga Goddijn <inga () riskbasedsecurity com>]

http://news10.com/2016/11/25/patient-information-compromised-at-berkshire-medical-center/

A Massachusetts hospital says the personal information of more than 1,700
patients has been found on thumb drives recovered from a former employee of
an outside service vendor.

The information belonged to cardiology patients at Berkshire Medical Center
in Pittsfield.

The vendor, Ambucor Health Solutions of Wilmington, Delaware, tells The
Berkshire Eagle <http://bit.ly/2fZV9Pa> there is no indication the personal
data was misused.

The hospital has reported the matter to the federal government because of
the number of patients involved.

The information on the thumb drives included names; birth dates; addresses;
phone numbers and medications. It did not include Social Security numbers
or insurance information.

Ambucor is notifying all patients affected and is offering a year of
identity protection services. It’s also beefing up its security protocol.

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