A California health system recently announced data breach due to internal printing error. It may have exposed a limited amount of patient information. Facility is notifying 1,000 members affected by the incident. 
Facility mentioned that the printing error took place on October 7, 2015 which involved “CalOptima MediCal members with diabetes receiving a health incentive survey that may have included an extra survey meant for another member.”
CalOptima found about the incident on October 8, 2015. It has stopped all printing work but the surveys which were already mailed were unable to be retrieved. As per the OCR list, around 1,000 individuals as having been affected.
Affected information included the member’s first and last name, Client Identification Number (CIN) and, in some cases, information about the member’s diabetes diagnosis. Data such as Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers or financial account numbers were not present in the survey.
“Your privacy is very important to us, and we apologize for this mistake,” CalOptima stated. “We have reviewed and changed our procedures and practices to minimize the risk of this event happening again. Extra training was provided to the business unit where the error occurred.”
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