Eric Johnson, professor of operations management and the director of the Glassmeyer/McNamee Center for Digital Strategies at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, explains that the threat of medical identity theft is growing. However, Professor Johnson says that people are unaware of this threat because the information is not in our control. Rather, it is typically stored by HMOs and other healthcare providers. Perpetrators steal insurance numbers and personal data to access medical treatment and pharmaceuticals.
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