US Senior Health Partners Nov 2014 Physical Action (Q16098)

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A data breach risk event
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US Senior Health Partners Nov 2014 Physical Action
A data breach risk event

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    November 2014
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    Senior Health Partners (SHP), a Healthfirst company, is today notifying approximately 2,700 of its members that a laptop and smartphone belonging to an assessment nurse employed by Premier Home Health (Premier), a business associate, were stolen from the nurses apartment. SHP and Premier conducted investigations and found no indication that anyone accessed or misused any personal information or protected health information. Nevertheless, SHP is notifying members so that, with SHPs assistance, they may protect themselves. On November 26, 2014, a laptop bag containing a laptop and smartphone was stolen from an assessment nurse who worked for Premier. The laptop was password-protected and encrypted; however, the encryption key was stolen with the laptop bag. The smartphone was neither passwo (English)