Delay In Reporting Patients' Information Stolen

I read an interesting story in the Associated Press Political news today about the government waiting over a month to let 2,500 patients know that their medical records, which were not encrypted, stored on a laptop computer were stolen.

"The stunning failure to act ... raises troubling questions," said John Dinglle who chairs the House Energy and Commerce Committee who is looking into why the delay and why was there a violation of federal security policies regarding the patients records not being encrypted.

The National Institute of Health Study did not take the proper steps in protecting their patients from exposure.
Since 2006 when 26.5 million Veterans personal data on laptops were stolen, the government has required that any sensitive data store on laptops were to be encrypted.