If I don't have a topic for a blog entry, all I apparently have to do is to wait a few days, and someone will have a major breach for me to talk about. This time, it's Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC, although the hospital itself may not have violated HIPAA.

Apparently, someone stole a laptop from a former contractor that contained PHI of 34,503 patients. The PHI included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, identification numbers, medical record numbers, birthdates...