US Palomar Health Feb 2014 Physical Action (Q15581)

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A data breach risk event
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US Palomar Health Feb 2014 Physical Action
A data breach risk event

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    February 2014
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    About 5,000 patients of Palomar Health had personal information including medical diagnoses stolen last month when someone swiped a company laptop and two flash drives from an employees SUV, a company official announced Friday. The inland North County health care system is reaching out to patients affected by the late February theft of the items, spokeswoman Bobette Brown said. Palomar Health runs Palomar Medical Center in Escondido and Pomerado Hospital in Poway. The laptop was encrypted, but the two flash drives were not, Brown said. (English)