Chequered History of Firm Set to Manage Hospital Files

28th August 2008

By James Connell

THE company set to manage health records for Worcestershire’s hospital patients lost files containing the details of 600,000 employees in the US, it has been revealed.

Iron Mountain lost computer tapes containing personal information of Time Warner employees in March 2005, leading to a US secret service investigation.

That is the same number of files the company will manage on behalf of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust when it takes over the management of patient records in October.

Iron Mountain also lost tapes containing the social security numbers of about 17,000 current and former employees of the Long Island Railway company during a routine delivery in early April 2006.

However, both the hospital trust and Iron Mountain insist patient records will be …

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