US Medical College of Wisconsin Feb 2015 Physical Action (Q11210)
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A data breach risk event
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US Medical College of Wisconsin Feb 2015 Physical Action
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A data breach risk event
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February 2015
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The Medical College of Wisconsin is contacting hundreds of people after a patient privacy breach. A spokesperson says a document containing private information on approximately 400 patients and a laptop with information on one patient were stolen. It happened when somebody broke into a doctors car. The Medical College says no social security numbers or addresses were stolen and issued the following statement: The Medical College of Wisconsin is committed to safeguarding the privacy of our patients healthcare information. Firm policies are in place prohibiting the downloading of patient information to portable media, as well as the secured transport of documents containing patient information. A violation of these policies occurred on February 15, 2015, resulting in the theft of a document (English)
