Personal Data Of 4M Patients At Risk After Advocate Burglary
From the Chicago Tribune
Personal information for more than 4 million patients of Advocate Medical Group may be at risk after four computers were stolen in a July 15 burglary of an administrative building in Park Ridge, Advocate said Friday.
The information includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers and dates of birth, but no medical records or personal financial information, of patients seen by doctors affiliated with the medical group from the early 1990s through July, said Kelly Jo Golson, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Downers Grove-based Advocate Health Care.
Advocate on Friday afternoon began sending letters to the patients affected, a process that will continue through Sept. 9, Golson said. Advocate is offering a free year of credit monitoring services to those whose information may have been exposed.
Advocate Medical Group is the region’s largest physician group with more than 1,000 doctors and 200 locations, mostly in and around Chicagoland and Central Illinois. It is part of Advocate Health Care, the region’s largest hospital chain with 12 hospitals, including Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. Only patients of the medical group were affected, Golson said.
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From the Chicago Tribune
Personal information for more than 4 million patients of Advocate Medical Group may be at risk after four computers were stolen in a July 15 burglary of an administrative building in Park Ridge, Advocate said Friday.
The information includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers and dates of birth, but no medical records or personal financial information, of patients seen by doctors affiliated with the medical group from the early 1990s through July, said Kelly Jo Golson, senior vice president and chief marketing officer at Downers Grove-based Advocate Health Care.
Advocate on Friday afternoon began sending letters to the patients affected, a process that will continue through Sept. 9, Golson said. Advocate is offering a free year of credit monitoring services to those whose information may have been exposed.
Advocate Medical Group is the region’s largest physician group with more than 1,000 doctors and 200 locations, mostly in and around Chicagoland and Central Illinois. It is part of Advocate Health Care, the region’s largest hospital chain with 12 hospitals, including Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. Only patients of the medical group were affected, Golson said.
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