From Government Health IT, October 2, 2013, Erin McCann, “Santa Clara Public Health Unit Reports Data Breach”
In the latest, San Jose, Calif.-based Santa Clara Valley Medical Center is notifying 571 patients that their protected health information has been compromised after an unencrypted laptop was stolen from the hospital’s audiology department.
Patient names, medical records numbers, dates of birth, ages, sex, dates of service and brainwaves from testing were all included on the laptop, according to the Sept. 27 notification letters mailed to patients.
The theft was discovered Sept. 16.
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