University of Virginia Medical Center Data Breach (2012)

The University of Virginia Medical Center is warning patients that an electronic device containing their medical and personal information is missing. The handheld device was used by on-call pharmacists at Continuum Home Infusion. It went missing around Oct. 5. Hospital officials say in a statement that the device might have contained patients' names, addresses, diagnoses and medications, along with some Social Security numbers that also are health insurance identification numbers.