Stolen Laptop from Dezonia Group puts Chicago Hospital Patients at Risk

If you’ve taken a ride in an ambulence in the city of Chicago, is it highly likely your information is at risk.

A laptop was stolen from the Dezonia Group, a company that the city outsources it’s ambulance billing process to. Recently, a laptop computer that included sensitive information on the patients was stolen, and has yet to be found.

A letter went out to all of those who may have been affected, and they have suggested that those who have been billed for ambulance rides place fraud alerts and credit freezes on their credit reports for their own protection, although there has been no evidence of fraudulent or suspicious activity as of yet. Free credit reports are available at www.annualcreditreport.com and fraud alerts can be placed by contacting one of the three credit bureaus – Equifax, Experian or Transunion.

Free credit reports are available at www.annualcreditreport.com and fraud alerts or credit freezes can be placed by contacting one of the three credit bureaus – Equifax, Experian or Transunion. Patients not wanting to place fraud alerts by themselves can review fraud alert companies here on our comparison chart. The only identity protection company that helps with the process of freezing and unfreezing your credit account is TrustedID. You can read our review of TrustedID here.