OH patient records found in recycling bin

On his way to a family meal this past Thanksgiving, LeRoy Clouser opened a public recycling bin to toss in some bottles and stumbled upon the largest Ohio-based breach of health data in at least six years. The bin on the north side of Springfield, about 50 miles west of Columbus, was filled with documents and films containing the names, Social Security numbers, medical information, dates of birth or other sensitive information on file for 113,000 people at Community Mercy Health Partners, which includes Springfield Regional Medical Center. It was the fifth-largest data breach in the nation involving paper records since the government began publicly and regularly disclosing the extent of larger breaches in 2009, according to the federal Office for Civil Rights.