Stolen Computer Exposes Sensitive Information of Mississippi Hospital Patients

It is unknown how many have been effected by a computer theft from the Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center in McComb, Mississippi. A computer was stolen in February from a billing company used by Lakeland Radiologists.

Letters are being sent to notify those patients whose records may have been saved and stored on the stolen equipment. Numbers have not been released at this time.

As the computer may have been stolen for information rather than the value of the computer, patients should look at identity theft protection companies that protect you from medical identity theft as well as credit fraud.