Brigadoon Software – Computer With Patient Information Stolen
An laptop computer stolen from a business associated with Hartford Hospital and its sister home-health care group contains personal information of nearly 10,000 patients, the hospital said Monday.
Officials from the hospital and VNA HealthCare learned on June 26 that the laptop had been stolen from the home of an employee of Greenplum, a subsidiary of a hospital vendor, EMC Corp., according to a press release from hospital spokeswoman Rebecca Stewart. Read the entire story here: http://www.courant.com/community/hartford/hc-hartford-patient-information-stolen-0731-2-20120730,0,2935756.story
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