Community Hospital in McCook has told nearly 4,200 former patients that their identity information was contained on a laptop computer that was stolen in December . Hospital officials say the laptop belonged to an employee of the hospital 's auditing company , Seim Johnson , of Omaha , and that it was stolen in Nashville , Tennessee . The hospital says Seim Johnson 's subsequent investigation could n't confirm that the laptop 's encryption software was functioning . The hospital 's health information manager , Rachel Berry , says the hospital is " not aware of any activity that would make us believe the information has actually been accessed or viewed . " On Thursday Berry said all of the former patients notified are receiving a free year of identity monitoring . ;