KRQE reports: An Albuquerque man said he found hundreds of medical records dumped on the West Mesa. The medical records include people’s addresses, insurance information and social security numbers. The business responsible for them said it has no idea how the paperwork ended up there. Things at Cottonwood Comfort Dental in Albuquerque weren’t so comfortable on…
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CA: Hundreds Of Dental Records Found In Vacant Building
Christine O’Donnell reports that hundreds of dental records with patients’ addresses, insurance information, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and drivers license numbers were found in what appears to be a vacant building in Orange. Of concern, the building has broken windows and homeless people have been observed going in and out of it for a while…
Indiana Attorney General settles with former dentist accused of dumping patient files
There’s a follow-up to a breach previously noted in April 2013. From the Indiana Attorney General’s Office: Indianapolis – The state has reached a settlement with former Kokomo-area dentist, Dr. Joseph Beck, for mishandling medical records containing sensitive information of more than 5,600 patients. The Attorney General’s Office sued Beck for failing to protect personal information…
HHS updates its breach tool
While I was away, HHS updated its breach tool again. As is often the case, some of their new entries are breaches we knew about already: University of Florida University of Rochester Medical Center & Affiliates Presbyterian Anesthesia Associates PA/E-dreamz Comfort Dental Regional Medical Center Piedmont HealthCare, P.A/E-dreamz Sonoma Valley Hospital Dent Neurologic Group, LLP…
Medical, dental records found in church recycling dumpster
Here’s a report from Mar. 18 that I missed when it was first posted by WTHR in Indianapolis: Thousands of patient records found by our 13 Investigates team are now in the hands of state investigators. Late Tuesday afternoon, special agents with the attorney general’s office picked up boxes loaded with thousands of sensitive, personal…
IN: Thieves may have taken medical records
Okay, here’s a disturbing news item from WISH-TV: Speedway Police say a burglar broke into a storage barn behind the Comfort Dental Offices at 2955 North High School Road, stealing a bicycle and maybe even medical records of dental patients. According to information from police, the intruder broke into the barn late Monday night. Officers…