NY Hospital Security Breach: Need for Encrypted Flash Drive Emphasized

The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) in New York alerted 537 patients to a possible breach in their medical information when a resident physician couldn't find a flash drive containing confidential patient data despite an exhaustive search. The unencrypted drive has the name, diagnosis, birth date, telephone number, and other important private details of these patients. While the hospital claims there was no harm done, since the flash drive was initially believed to have been destroyed in the laundry, there was no proof of the device's whereabouts so the incident still poses certain risks. Despite existing regulations on encrypting portable devices containing patients' health information, many healthcare centers and providers continue to become victims of security breaches. This presents the need for a quality encrypted flash drive, such as the LOK-IT Secure Flash Drive manufactured by Systematic Development Group, LLC, to keep data from being compromised.

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