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York Academy of Surgery

York Academy of Surgery Data Breach (2014)

York Academy of Surgery

lowVERIS
Disclosed

January 1, 2014

4468 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Improper Disposal

Industry

Healthcare

Description

When Pam List needed Gallbladder surgery 30 years ago, Dr. Dale McCormick was her man. I had no problems with him, List said. He was a very nice doctor. However since medical records of his patients were found at a public dump site in York County, shes afraid her identity might be compromised. Very vulnerable, List said. Very, very vulnerable. At my age of my life right now I dont need these hassles and neither does anybody else. Ellen OConnor works for the York County Solid Waste Authority, where the records were found. Why in this day an age of identity theft someone would put something like that into a public arena is a little questionable, OConnor said. The Pennsylvania Department of State said that if you were a patient of McCormicks and feel your information may be compromised; you can file a complaint online by clicking here. The Department of State also said that Dr. McCormick had a clean record after nearly 52 years as a practicing surgeon. He most recently worked at York Academy of Surgery before retiring.