title: Identity theft: when bad things happen to your patients' and employees' good name.
abstract: What should healthcare facility security directors and administrators do when patients or employees are the victims of identity theft? Taking the right steps to safeguard personal data won't insulate your facility from ever having to deal with this growing crime but, says the author, it will reduce the opportunity and desire for a criminal to steal the data.
authors.affiliation: St. Francis Hospital, Roslyn, NY, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Costello
mesh_terms: D022126:Access to Information / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003219:Confidentiality; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005607:Fraud / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006753:Hospital Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D015285:Hospital-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D010355:Patient Identification Systems; D012637:Security Measures / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013800:Theft / Q000517:prevention & control; D014481:United States