Henry Rosoff reports: Franciscan Health Systems is still trying to figure out how a former IT contractor kept his active security pass for months after he was done working for the company. Justin Pace is now charged with stealing $100,000 in computers, scanners and other equipment from three Franciscan facilities, including St. Joseph’s Hospital. […]…
Month: November 2014
OH: True Vision Eyecare Laptop Stolen
LANCASTER – True Vision Eyecare experienced a theft on Oct. 3 which included a laptop computer containing some patient information. The only individually identifiable information available on the stolen laptop was the first and last name and spectacle lens order of some of the patients who have ordered glasses since July of 2013, the company said….
UK: Police investigate personal data theft from Aberdeen City Council
The Evening Express reports police are investigating data theft from Aberdeen City Council in August: The incident was one of six breaches of the Data Protection Act between July and September this year. Evening Express does not provide any details on this particular incident, though.
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center to Pay $100,000 to Settle State Charges Over Data Breach
As noted on this site in July 2012, Boston.com reported that a laptop with patient information had been stolen from a physician’s office at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in May. By August 2013, the breach had cost the medical center over $500,000, but there was at least one silver lining. Now, however, the breach has cost them…
SLC Security to WakeMed: Wake Up!!!!
As previously noted on this blog, SLC Security has been trying since early September- unsuccessfully – to get WakeMed to stop an alleged data leak of thousands of patients’ information. This week, SLC Security posted: Here are some details. We previously contacted them but they have not responded. Records redacted so we are not creating an…
Prime Healthcare and Shasta Regional still don't get HIPAA?
Remember the case of a patient whose PHI was disclosed to media by Shasta Regional Center and Prime Healthcare? If you don’t, just search this site for “Prime Healthcare,” and you’ll find a slew of coverage, including a $95,000 fine by California and a $275,000 settlement with OCR after they stubbornly insisted they had not violated…