US Comfort Dental Mar 2013 Technical Error (Q15651)
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A data breach risk event
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | US Comfort Dental Mar 2013 Technical Error |
A data breach risk event |
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March 2013
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According to news reports, over 60 boxes containing years of dental records pertaining to over 5,600 patients, and including very sensitive personal information, were found in a dumpster. Apparently, the dentist hired a third party vendor to dispose of the records; that vendor likely was a business associate under HIPAA and, if so, also subject to the HIPAA privacy and security rules. For small medical or dental practices, as for other professional service businesses such as lawyers, accountants, and insurance brokers, data security can be both daunting and expensive if there is a breach. Like many businesses, small businesses rely on third party vendors to perform certain activities. When those activities involve personal information of the business customers, the business owner should b (English)
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