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TUCSON - The Center for Neurosciences has made contact with almost all of the 1,101 patients whose personal information was compromised last year when a computer was stolen from an exam room.

According to Tim Eazer, an official with the center, a visitor stole a personal computer from an electromyograms and nerve conduction studies exam room on December 15, 2009.

The computer, used to perform electrical tests on muscles and nerves, did not contain financial or other sensitive information on patients, Eazer stated in a press release. It did contain information including names, dates of birth, referring physicians and reasons for the neurophysiological tests.

Only those patients who had an EMG test performed at the center in 2009 were affected by the security breach. Workers at the center were able to personally contact all but 25 of the 1,101 patients affected, according to Eazer.

The release included instructions for patients who would like additional information:

Patients who have had these tests at the Center for Neurosciences in the past year, who want additional information about this notification, can send an e-mail to privacyofficer@neurotucson.com, or send a letter to the attention of the Privacy Officer at the Center for Neurosciences, 2450 E. River Road, Tucson, AZ 85718.