Virus infection at University of Oklahoma exposes nearly 20,000 patients

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Date Reported:

10/11/10, 9/24/10, and 7/25/10

Organization:

University of Oklahoma

Contractor/Consultant/Branch:

University of Oklahoma – Tulsa

University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, Neurology Clinic

Location:

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Victims:

Patients

Number Affected:

19,264

Types of Data:

“patient name, telephone number, address, birth date, Social Security Number, medical record and insurance numbers, procedure billing codes, diagnosis codes, lab reports, office notes, radiology reports, and service dates. In some records, guarantor information was also included.”

Breach Description:

The University of Oklahoma-Tulsa, Neurology Clinic recently posted a public notification of a breach that occurred through an infected clinic computer. The Office of Inadequate Security reports that the organization notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) of this (or a very similar incident) affecting 19,264 patients that was “detected on o