<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://news10.com/2016/11/25/patient-information-compromised-at-berkshire-medical-center/">http://news10.com/2016/11/25/patient-information-compromised-at-berkshire-medical-center/</a><br><br>A Massachusetts hospital says the personal information of more than
1,700 patients has been found on thumb drives recovered from a former
employee of an outside service vendor.
<p>The information belonged to cardiology patients at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield.</p>
<p>The vendor, Ambucor Health Solutions of Wilmington, Delaware, tells <a href="http://bit.ly/2fZV9Pa" target="_blank">The Berkshire Eagle</a> there is no indication the personal data was misused.</p>
<p>The hospital has reported the matter to the federal government because of the number of patients involved.</p>
<p>The information on the thumb drives included names; birth dates;
addresses; phone numbers and medications. It did not include Social
Security numbers or insurance information.</p>
<p>Ambucor is notifying all patients affected and is offering a year of
identity protection services. It’s also beefing up its security
protocol.</p><br></div>