Montefiore flash drive containing patient information stolen in 6th data breach in 2 years via bronxtimes
Montefiore Medical Center announced its latest data breach on Friday, Sept. 23 — the sixth breach in the last two years.to get insights and game coverage for your favorite teams
A notice put out by Montefiore on Friday, as required by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , described the storage device as containing demographic and clinical information for “some Montefiore patients.” But upon request by the Bronx Times, Montefiore spokesperson Tracy Gurrisi, the assistant vice president of strategic communications and media relations, said there were 1,332 patients impacted. Not all were Bronx residents.
There is no evidence that there were Social Security numbers, credit card numbers or other payment information leaked. Montefiore contacted patients impacted by the breach and is offering them identity theft protection services for a year, according to the medical center. Following the recent incident, Montefiore will have more intensive training for employees about their privacy obligations and will revisit its procedures for storing patient information on portable devices, as well as improve security tools to monitor such information, according to the medical center.
Just a few months later, Montefiore reported a data breach from documents in December 2020, which impacted 672 individuals, as confirmed by Gurrisi. Three breaches followed involving electronic medical records, in January 2021 impacting 1,787 people, in April 2021 affecting 943 people and in April of this year violating the privacy of 3,717 people, according to information reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights .
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