Radiology group Charles River Medical Assoc. in Framingham, MA, lost a personal hard drive believed to contain the personal information and x-ray images of more than 9,000 patients who received bone density scans within the past eight years, according to a January 8 report by the MetroWest Daily News.
The radiology group discovered that the hard drive was missing in late November, and it has mailed letters to the 9,387 patients whose medical records are missing. The hard drive, which had no encryption capabilities, contained names, dates of birth, patient identification numbers, and bone density scan images dating back to 2010, according to the MetroWest Daily News.
