7,000 Patients Data Lost

by HIPAA Admin on August 26, 2010

in Uncategorized

Chicago – Cook County Health & Hospitals System

Announcement made publicly Aug 23.

Still not obvious online announcement, but as of Aug 26th, they still have the very important announcement that the Administration building will remain closed until Aug 23.

So, we aren’t surprised that news on this website is not up-to-date.

Details:
Laptop
Password protected
NOT encrypted

Need we say more?

If you are going to put PHI on a laptop, make sure you encrypt that laptop.

I’m not sure how many time we can say the same thing.

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