US UAB Medicine Oct 2017 Technical Error (Q16944)
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A data breach risk event
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A data breach risk event |
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October 2017
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UAB Medicine informed over 600 patients of a possible breach of their protected health information. The Viral Hepatitis Clinic says the breach occurred on October 25 of this year. The breach stemms from the loss of two USB memory sticks. UAB is uncertain if the data was or wasnt accessed by a third party. Information such as individuals addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, or banking information was not on the USB sticks. The information on these devices do include first and last names, date of birth, gender, diagnosis, date and time of examination and in some cases the referring physician. (English)
