Few details revealed on Vermont home health breach
A stolen laptop is the source of a breach for patients of Caledonia Home Health Care & Hospice in St. Johnsbury, Vt., but the organization isn't revealing the number of patients affected or the extent of the types of protected health information at risk.
The organization has sent notifications to patients that a nurse’s Netbook computer was stolen from her home on July 20 and has not been recovered. The computer included a home health program called Palmwyse that contained protected information including Social Security numbers. Both the computer and the program are password-protected. Caledonia will have to disclose more details to the Office for Civil Rights but has decided not to respond to the media.
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