CA: Marian Medical Center patients' personal information may be compromised

[lyger <lyger () attrition org>]

http://www.ksby.com/Global/story.asp?S=10232780

Marian Medical Center in Santa Maria says recent patients of the emergency 
room and Urgent Care Center should be on alert after a Blackberry 
containing patient information was stolen from the hospital.

Last week, a letter was mailed out to about 3,200 patients explaining what 
happened and what can be done.

Some patients said the thought of identity theft makes them uneasy.

In recent weeks, administrators at Marian Medical Center discovered a 
Blackberry portable device was stolen from an employee's office, along 
with some other items. But what was on that Blackberry is what 
administrators are worried about.

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