CA Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital Jun 2015 Physical Action (Q16069)
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A data breach risk event
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| English | CA Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital Jun 2015 Physical Action |
A data breach risk event |
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June 2015
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The Horizon Health network is notifying patients of a privacy breach after a laptop was stolen from the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton. Kathy Kowalski, a director for the respiratory clinic, said the laptop went missing on the evening of June 11. She said there was a climate control problem and the door was left open. Kowalski said the missing computer contained the names and Medicare numbers of 158 patients and it was not password protected. We have realized that there are laptops within Horizon that arent used as you would normally use a laptop, she said. They are used to test patients or to house medical software because those laptops arent networked, there are some of them that are not password protected. Kowalski said Horizon is now adding password protection to all lap (English)
