[Dataloss] Hospital Laptop Computer Containing Patient Information Stolen

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http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/9716061/detail.html

28,400 Home Care Patients Affected

POSTED: 10:32 am EDT August 22, 2006
UPDATED: 1:49 pm EDT August 22, 2006

TROY, Mich. -- Troy Beaumont Hospital officials are asking for your help 
Tuesday in recovering a stolen laptop computer containing patient 
information.

The laptop computer was stolen on Aug. 5, according to hospital officials. 
The computer was in the rear of the vehicle of a Beaumont Home Care nurse, 
which was stolen from outside a senior center on Agnes Street on Detroit, 
said Chris Hengstebeck, director of security at Troy Beaumont Hospital.

The vehicle was recovered about a mile from the location, but the laptop 
remained missing, according to Hengstebeck.

The Dell D-400 computer (serial No. 5MZ1F61) was turned off at the time 
and in a nylon case, Hengstebeck said. He said the computer is used to 
document patient care and includes personal information such as names, 
addresses, Social Security numbers and insurance information on 28,400 
Home Care patients served over the last three years.

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