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Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Here's How to Protect Your Medical History from Theft, Loss and...

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The world is full of cyberthieves, and full of robbers who work without computers, too. MANY of them are interested in stealing your medical information in order to receive free health care (at your physical, medical, emotional and financial expense), free drugs, and/or blackmail money.

Because of them, I'm warning you:

Seriously, you NEED to preserve your medical records, and those of everyone in the family. ASAP. 

Need more proof? Read:


Area hospitals are riddled with cybersecurity flaws that could allow attackers to hack into medical devices and harm patients, a team of Baltimore-based researchers…
BALTIMORESUN.COM|BY BALTIMORE SUN




Need to know a streamlined way 
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Protect yourself and your loved ones. Learn how to preserve your medical histories simply, safely and carefully. In the event of cybertheft of your medical identity(ies), you'll have proof of your actual medical needs and history.

Still don't believe that you need to take protective action? Look at the results below for one simple GOOGLE search for the phrase "Why thieves steal medical records":


Why Thieves Want to Steal Your Medical Records

www.cheatsheet.com/.../why-your-medical-data-is-worth-enough-to-steal...

Mar 29, 2015 - Why Thieves Want to Steal Your Medical Records ... personal information in order to receive medical care, buy drugs, or submit fake claims.

How Identity Theft Sticks You With Hospital Bills - WSJ

www.wsj.com/.../how-identity-theft-sticks-you-with-hospital-bills-1438966...
Aug 7, 2015 - Thieves use stolen personal data to get treatment, drugsmedicalequipment ... A patient's record may show she has diabetes when she doesn't, say, ....“They steal your medical identity and have a procedure or treatment  ...

Medical identity theft - Coalition Against Insurance Fraud

www.insurancefraud.org/scam-alerts-medical-id-theft.htm

Thieves steal your personal information to line their own pockets with fraudulent ...Unless you check your medical records closely, you may discover you were ... use your identity to obtain prescription drugs to sell, or feed their own addictions.

Medical Records Theft and Fraud - Schneier on Security

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/09/medical_records.html

Sep 26, 2014 - Tags: crime, cybercrime, data breaches, fraud, medicine, theft ... and if they have a health record to steal they've been to the same facilities.

The Rise Of Medical Identity Theft In Healthcare | Kaiser ...

khn.org/news/rise-of-indentity-theft/

Feb 7, 2014 - Meanwhile, the law's emphasis on digitizing medical records, touted as a way to boost ... of Medicaid patients in order to illegally obtain prescription drugs. ...ranging from stealing laptops to hacking into computer networks,  ...

Your medical record is worth more to hackers than your ...

www.reuters.com/.../us-cybersecurity-hospitals-idUSKCN0HJ21I201409...

Sep 24, 2014 - Fraudsters use this data to create fake IDs to buy medical equipment ordrugs that can be resold, or they combine a patient number with a false  ...

Patients Beware: Hackers Are Targeting Your Medical ...

www.healthline.com › Healthline News

Jan 7, 2015 - ... to electronic medical records, hackers are finding that stealing your... also using it to illegally obtain prescription drugs or medical equipment.

Medical ID Theft: How Scammers Use Records To Steal ...

www.makeuseof.com/.../medical-id-theft-scammers-use-records-steal-ide...

Oct 3, 2014 - Why would a thief want to know you had knee surgery or are onmedication of pneumonia? What's forgotten is that these records include all of  ...

Medical ID Theft / Fraud Information | Fraud | Office of ...

oig.hhs.gov/fraud/medical-id-theft/

Medical identity theft occurs when someone steals your personal information (like your... obtain medical care, buy drugs, or submit fake billings to Medicare in your name. ...to you if wrong information ends up in your personal medical records.




Save yourself and your loved ones from avoidable grief and endangerment. 

Buy the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. Find out how to easily preserve your medical histories so that you can protect your health and the family's.

The book can't stop thieves, but it can inform you how to preserve your medical identity so that you can receive the care you need.





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