Crossposted from PHIprivacy.net: Oregon Health & Science University Hospital officials have posted a notice on their web site. While most of the notice concerns patient information, it appears that almost 200 employees had their Social Security Numbers on the stolen USB drive. OHSU has set up a toll free number to respond to patient questions. Information stored…
Month: August 2012
UK: Medical notes are found in Bournemouth street
Stephen Bailey reports that stolen records with children’s sensitive information were found blowing around the road: “It had information about their jobs, when their nappies need changing, names of people looking after them. The records had reportedly been stolen: A lady, who declined to give her surname, phoned to say the documents were taken from…
Videos from Health Privacy Summit available online
The Health Privacy Summit has made materials and videos available online for its recent conference, “Is There an American Health Privacy Crisis?” Check them out at http://www.healthprivacysummit.org/d/3cq92g/6X Video Highlights: Patient Story about Privacy Loss: “Julie” bravely tells how she was harmed when her sensitive mental health information was used by staff members of a Boston health care…