Spartanburg Regional Medical Center officials reported a computer was stolen, the third such computer theft at the hospital since March, according to a Spartanburg Herald-Journal report.
According to the report, hospital officials said the computer was stolen from a room in the emergency center, but the computer contained no patient information.
The two other computer thefts occurred March 5 and March 28, but the report stated there was no indication any patient information had been improperly used in those cases as well.
Read the Spartanburg Herald-Journal report on Spartanburg Regional's stolen computer.
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According to the report, hospital officials said the computer was stolen from a room in the emergency center, but the computer contained no patient information.
The two other computer thefts occurred March 5 and March 28, but the report stated there was no indication any patient information had been improperly used in those cases as well.
Read the Spartanburg Herald-Journal report on Spartanburg Regional's stolen computer.
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