A Davenport - based company is alerting nearly 1,200 former hospital patients about a security lapse that exposed their names and birthdates to identity theft . Genesis Health System has issued the warning . Genesis said a medical transcription firm did n’t establish a firewall to protect online information from May 5 to June 24 . The firm is contracted by Cogent Healthcare , which provides physicians to two Genesis Medical Center hospitals in Davenport and the Genesis Medical Center - Illini Campus in Silvis , Ill. ;