US Erickson Living Nov 2012 Physical Action (Q10264)
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A data breach risk event
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US Erickson Living Nov 2012 Physical Action
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A data breach risk event
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November 2012
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The five laptops stolen in November from Riderwoods physical therapy offices contained patient names and addresses, policy numbers, dates of birth and certain insurance information, according to Erickson Livings website. Erickson Livings Dan Dunne, director of communications, said the thefts were highly unusual in the Silver Spring retirement communitys 13-year history. It has been three months since the last theft occurred at the facility and five months since the laptops were stolen prompting the facilitys HIPAA Privacy Rule violation with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. HIPAA provides standards and federal protection for personal health information. A public notice of the HIPAA breach notification on Ericksons website said five laptops were stolen from Riderwoods phys (English)
