The University of Florida and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) are partners for the Texas Wellness Incentives and Navigation (WIN) Project for Medicaid patients. In a newly disclosed breach, the University of Florida, acting as a partner of the HHSC, sent letters to Houston area physicians requesting health records for WIN project…
Month: September 2014
American Family Care alerts customers of stolen laptops containing patient information
Ryan Phillips reports: American Family Care of Birmingham is alerting customers following the theft of two laptops containing sensitive information from an employee’s vehicle earlier this summer. The laptops contain information concerning work-related injuries, physicals, immunizations and drug screens and were stolen in Marietta, Ga., according to a release from AFC. The company also wanted…
UK: Nisa is rocked by password thefts
Oliver Shah reports Preparations for Nisa Retail’s annual meeting tomorrow have been disrupted by a damaging leak of members’ data. A whistleblower at the convenience store supplier, which has a turnover of £1.6bn, drew attention to the circulation of a spreadsheet containing shareholders’ addresses, phone numbers and online passwords. The data, seen by The Sunday Times,…
Denver firm reports data breach
9News reports that Madison Street Provider Network, Inc., dba Omni Eye Specialists, Spivack Vision Center, Madison Street Surgery Center, Madison Street Anesthesia, and Madison Street Company Nurse Practitioner said they were a target of a data breach and will be notifying patients. Stay tuned, as there’s no notification on any web site(s) yet.
Bay Area Bioscience Association (BayBio) notifies online customers of breach
The following notification template was submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office yesterday: Dear BayBio Customer, It has come to our attention that sometime within the past two weeks the security of our online payment system was breached. We believe an intruder inserted files that captured the keystrokes of our visitors and may have captured credit…
Omaha hospital workers fired over Ebola privacy
AP reports: The Nebraska hospital that treated an American aid worker infected with Ebola has fired two workers accused of violating the man’s privacy by looking at his medical file. In a written statement Friday, the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha said an audit of the hospital’s electronic medical records led to the discovery that two employees…