US Saint Francis Hospital Mar 2013 Technical Error (Q15284)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US Saint Francis Hospital Mar 2013 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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March 2013
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Imagine finding a stack of someones medical records, with all their personal and private information. Thats what happened to a stack of records from Tulsas Saint Francis Hospital. The records showed up in Ponca City, and it might have gone unnoticed, except for where they were found - on the loading dock of the local newspaper. The story made the front page, above the fold, in the Friday edition of the Ponca City News. A 3-inch tall stack of medical records turned up there - in a stack of pallets shipped from a recycling operation near Tulsa. A pressman for the newspaper found them. They were printouts and the big stack of them was electrocardiograms, said Tony Smith, pressman. The records came from Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, and appear to come from an outpatient cardiology departme (English)
