Health care reform in the breach
Two weeks ago, I received a letter from the radiology department at a large university medical center in my state. The return address specified their mammography registry. Assuming that it was a reminder to get my yearly exam, I started to toss it out. Then I remembered that I'd never had a mammogram at that hospital. So I opened the letter. The first sentence was quite a surprise: Dear Ms. Carol Peracchio: I am writing to notify you about a security breach that may have resulted in the unauthorized exposure of your personal information. The letter explained that a computer...
Original Article: Forum: News/Activism
Tags: Health Care Reform, Mammogram, Personal Information, Radiology Department, Reminder, Return Address, Security Breach, Surprise, University Medical Center