US Jersey City Medical Center 2014 Technical Error (Q15416)
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A data breach risk event
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US Jersey City Medical Center 2014 Technical Error
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A data breach risk event
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January 2014
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Jersey City Medical Center said a computer disk containing 2011 Medicaid patient information was lost in June when a package sent via United Parcel Service failed to arrive. The medical center, part of the Barnabas Health system, said that on June 13, 2014, it sent the disk to a company engaged by New Jersey Medicaid to help the state review certain types of payments to hospitals in New Jersey. The unencrypted CD was scheduled to be delivered June 16, but the medical center said it learned on or about that date, that the package did not arrive as scheduled. The medical center did not reveal the number of patients whose information was on the disk. It said letters are being sent to the affected patients and that While UPS has no evidence that personal information has been made available to (English)
