Blackberry With Information on 3,000 Patients Stolen from Marian Medical Center

Credit monitoring services are just one of the steps that Marian Medical Center in California is offering recent patients of their Emergency Room and Urgent Care Center.

Recently a Blackberry phone, among other items, was stolen from a hospital employee. On this Blackberry, was a file containing sensitive personal data of recent patients. Over 3,000 recent patients’ have had their private information put at risk of identity theft.

Although the Blackberry’s service has been disconnected and there have been no signs of the information being accessed, the Marian Medical Center is taking no chances and is offering to assist those patients in monitoring their credit with a no-cost credit monitoring service.