First it was Carolina Cardiology Consultants disclosing that 2500 of their patients had been affected by a breach at their business associate, Ambucor. Then it was Lebanon Cardiology Associates, PC (now known as WellSpan Cardiology) notifying HHS that 537 of their patients had been affected by Ambucor’s incident. Now it’s Wentworth-Douglass Hospital notifying 775 of their patients of the breach….
Search Results for: Wentworth-Douglass Hospital
Medical records for 4,158 Garrison Women’s Health patients lost due to attack on IT vendor
Fosters reports: Medical records of Garrison Women’s Health patients were recently “subject to unauthorized third-party activity,” according to information released Friday evening by Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. For 4,158 patients, data such as appointment records and some personal health information cannot be restored, according to Adam Bagni, spokesperson for the hospital. The hospital states “there is no evidence” the information…
Insider breaches dominate in Protenus’s November Breach Barometer
As in previous months, Protenus has summarized what kind of month November was for breaches involving health data. And as the November issue of Breach Barometer makes clear, insider/employee incidents outnumbered external attacks in a month where we first learned of 57 incidents – the largest number of monthly reports this year. One of the main explanations for…
WDH records tampering trial will take place next year
Jennifer Keefe reports the latest legal development in a patient records breach that involves charges and counter-charges between two doctors, an office worker: It appears there won’t be a trial in the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital records tampering case until well into 2011. According to court documents recently filed at Strafford County Superior Court, a trial is…
Former WDH employee files countersuit: Says pathologists falsely accused her of tampering with patient records
Adam D. Krauss reports on the latest development in this ongoing case: The former Wentworth-Douglass Hospital employee who two doctors said unlawfully altered patients’ records has filed court papers denying the claim and charging she lost her livelihood over the doctors’ false claims. Mary Lemieux, who worked at WDH for 14 years until being terminated…
AG's Office: 2nd WDH worker in records case acted in scope of her duties
Adam D. Krause continues to follow allegations of a breach that may not actually be a breach involving Wentworth-Douglass Hospital: The Office of the Attorney General has determined there is “insufficient evidence” to investigate a Wentworth-Douglass Hospital transcriptionist who was alleged to have improperly accessed records of hundreds of patients. Jim Boffetti, who heads the…