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Employee Loses Medical Patients’ Information

  By jellybellyhoo | March 9, 2011 - 6:58 pm |
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In Detroit, a hospital has experienced a security breach after an employee lost a flash drive with the data of medical patients. The information of 2,777 patients has been compromised.

A flash drive containing personal data on 2,777 patients was recently lost by an employee of Detroit’s Henry Ford Health System.

“The 2,777 patients were tested for urinary tract infections between July and October 2010; the lost information included names, medical record numbers, and test results, but not social security numbers or medical histories, according to a report by the Detroit Free Press,” Infosecurity reports.

“This is the second patient data breach at the hospital in a year, the paper said,” the article states. “In September, a Henry Ford employee’s laptop was stolen from an unlocked office. The computer contained unsecured information related to prostate services that patients received between 1997 and… continue reading

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January Experiences Little Impact from Tax Cut

  By jellybellyhoo | March 3, 2011 - 5:21 pm |
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The tax cut that was supposed to help the economy has made little impact in January. Consumers did not increase their spending as much as economists were predicting.

A Social Security tax cut that economists say should help the economy this year is off to a slow start. Consumers increased their spending last month at the weakest pace since June, even with the extra money in their paychecks.

Some people may be using the additional money to pay down holiday credit card bills or higher gas prices, analysts said. And harsh weather may have deterred some people from shopping in January.

Personal finance experts say the real test of the tax cuts impact will come this spring, when the Easter holiday sales begin.

Still, consumers increased spending by only 0.2 percent in January, the smallest gain since June, the Commerce Department said Monday. At the same time, their incomes rose 1 percent — the biggest jump in nearly two years and a reflection of the tax cut.

The increased income is part of an… continue reading

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