Yet another hospital loses confidential information

Yet another hospital has lost patient information, violating HIPAA and HITECH regulations, and setting themselves up for a world of hurt.

This time, it’s the Regional Medical Center in Memphis who somehow managed to send out unencrypted email messages containing names, phone numbers, social security numbers, dates of birth, and even outpatient status information for almost 1,200 patients. According to Government Health IT, the breaches occurred in late 2012, but “the incident wasn’t discovered” until March.