Genesis Health System Data Breach (2013)

A Davenport-based company is alerting nearly 1,200 former hospital patients about a security lapse that exposed their names and birthdates to identity theft. Genesis Health System has issued the warning. Genesis said a medical transcription firm didn’t establish a firewall to protect online information from May 5 to June 24. The firm is contracted by Cogent Healthcare, which provides physicians to two Genesis Medical Center hospitals in Davenport and the Genesis Medical Center-Illini Campus in Silvis, Ill.