According to URMC, a resident physician misplaced a USB computer flash drive that carried the protected health information of the patients. It included patient names, gender, ages, dates of birth, telephone numbers, dates of service, diagnoses and complications, if any. It did not include addresses or Social Security numbers. The flash drive is believed to have been lost at a URMC outpatient orthopedic facility.
URMC also stated that it is re-educating faculty and staff about its policy that requires the use of encrypted drives when transporting protected health information on flash drives.
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