[Dataloss] Medicare Patient Data Insecure, GAO Says

[Al Mac]

Here are links to the actual GAO report.  The highlights summary is one 
page.  GAO reports typically go to Congress and affected agency a few weeks 
before to general public, to give affected agency a final opportunity to 
plug security holes, before everyone is told about them.

Information Security: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Needs to Improve Controls over Key Communication Network.  GAO-06-750,
August 30.
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-750
Highlights - http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06750high.pdf

>Medicare Patient Data Insecure, GAO Says
>
>By Kevin Freaking
>Associated Press
>Wednesday, October 4, 2006; D02
>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/03/AR2006100301
>430_pf.html

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Al Macintyre