[Dataloss] CA: UCSF alerts patients about a security breach

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http://pub.ucsf.edu/newsservices/releases/200805283/

The University of California San Francisco is alerting a group of patients 
that it has discovered a security breach involving a computer that held 
personal patient information. There is no indication that any patient 
files were accessed. However, UCSF takes this situation very seriously and 
is therefore responding with the highest level of caution and concern.

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This computer contained files with lists of patients from the UCSF 
pathology department.s database. The data included information such as 
patient names, dates of pathology service, health information and, in some 
cases, social security numbers.

The Department of Pathology has notified 2,625 UCSF patients whose 
information was contained on the computer. The files also included 944 
patients whose tissue samples had been referred by other health care 
providers to UCSF for analysis. UCSF is notifying these health care 
providers to coordinate communication with their patients. UCSF has 
established a special phone line (415) 353-7427 and a special email 
address PathHotline at ucsf.edu to answer questions from patients who receive 
the notification letters.

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