Radiology Regional Center notifies patients of potential breach
Radiology Regional Center announced recently that on Dec. 19 it was informed by its records disposal vender that on that paper records containing the personal information of Radiology Regional Center patients were released on Fowler Street in Fort Myers.
The records were reportedly released while Lee County Solid Waste was transporting the records to be incinerated.
Impacted patients have already been notified in accordance with HIPAA.
To the best of Radiology Regional Center’s knowledge, these records, which date from 2005-12, may have contained patient names, addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, dates of birth, health insurance numbers and other medical status and assessment information, as well as financial information gathered in the patient medical and financial records.
As soon as Radiology Regional Center learned of the incident, every effort was made to retrieve the records, including a foot search of the surrounding area by more than a dozen of its employees and physicians.
In an abundance of caution, a second search of the area was conducted by foot on Dec. 21 and a third was conducted on Dec. 22.
As a result of its numerous searches, Radiology Regional Center believes that virtually all of the records were retrieved.
While every effort was made to retrieve the lost records, Radiology Regional Center acknowledges that some records may not be retrieved and so has notified potentially affected patients of the incident and presented them with the following steps they can take as precautionary measures.
Radiology Regional Center has advised potentially impacted patients to place a 90-day fraud alert on their credit file, review a free copy of their credit report and review their explanation of benefits statements.
Radiology Regional Center is also offering potentially affected patients with complimentary credit monitoring services.
Radiology Regional Center is taking this matter very seriously and has conducted a thorough investigation to mitigate the circumstances resulting from this incident and to ensure an incident like this does not happen again.
Any affected patients may call (877) 853-3045 for more information, Monday through Friday, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For additional information, visit the FAQs at: radiologyregional.com.
Source: Radiology Regional Center
Radiology Regional Center notifies patients of potential breach
Radiology Regional Center announced recently that on Dec. 19 it was informed by its records disposal vender that on that paper records containing the personal information of Radiology Regional Center patients were released on Fowler Street in Fort Myers.
The records were reportedly released while Lee County Solid Waste was transporting the records to be incinerated.
Impacted patients have already been notified in accordance with HIPAA.
To the best of Radiology Regional Center’s knowledge, these records, which date from 2005-12, may have contained patient names, addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, dates of birth, health insurance numbers and other medical status and assessment information, as well as financial information gathered in the patient medical and financial records.
As soon as Radiology Regional Center learned of the incident, every effort was made to retrieve the records, including a foot search of the surrounding area by more than a dozen of its employees and physicians.
In an abundance of caution, a second search of the area was conducted by foot on Dec. 21 and a third was conducted on Dec. 22.
As a result of its numerous searches, Radiology Regional Center believes that virtually all of the records were retrieved.
While every effort was made to retrieve the lost records, Radiology Regional Center acknowledges that some records may not be retrieved and so has notified potentially affected patients of the incident and presented them with the following steps they can take as precautionary measures.
Radiology Regional Center has advised potentially impacted patients to place a 90-day fraud alert on their credit file, review a free copy of their credit report and review their explanation of benefits statements.
Radiology Regional Center is also offering potentially affected patients with complimentary credit monitoring services.
Radiology Regional Center is taking this matter very seriously and has conducted a thorough investigation to mitigate the circumstances resulting from this incident and to ensure an incident like this does not happen again.
Any affected patients may call (877) 853-3045 for more information, Monday through Friday, from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For additional information, visit the FAQs at: radiologyregional.com.
Source: Radiology Regional Center
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