UCSF Laptop With Patient Records Stolen, Recovered
Submitted by Adam Dodge on Wed, 2010-01-27 16:58
Quick Facts
- Date: 1/27/2010
- Institution: University of California, San Francisco
- Type of Incident: Theft
- Number Affected: 4,400
- Source: ESI
- Abstract Source: San Francisco Business Times
Abstract
The University of California, San Francisco recently announced the recovery of a stolen laptop containing patient information. The laptop, stolen from the UCSF School of Medicine employee around November 30th, contained the name, medical record number, age and clinical information on 4,400 patients. The UCSF police department began investigating the theft on December 1st and the laptop was recovered on January 8th. A review of the laptop determined the files contained "limited data" on UCSF Medial Center patients as well as some information on Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. UCSF has setup a hot line - 877-809-1270 x74005 - to help answer questions about the incident.