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Month: December 2014

Memorial Healthcare System apologizes for e-mail gaffe exposing patient info

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Dissent

Memorial Healthcare System in Florida has had another breach, it seems. From the substitute notice they posted on their web site in October: NOTICE REGARDING AN EMAIL SENT TO PATIENTS REGARDING “BREAKING THE SILENCE” EVENT Memorial Healthcare System (Memorial) is committed to maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of patient information at all times. We are…

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Physician notifies patients of theft of equipment containing personal and medical information

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Dissent

Family medicine practitioner Dr. Loi Luu of Westminster, California recently notified patients and HHS of a potential breach, although the data were reportedly encrypted. PHIprivacy.net was able to access a still-cached copy of a substitute notice published in her local media: PUBLIC NOTICE: PLEASE ALLOW THIS HIPAA BREACH PUBLIC NOTICE: Please allow this HIPAA Breach Notification…

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NY: MetroPlus Health Plan notifies members of breach after employee emails info to personal email account

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Dissent

As posted on MetroPlus Health Plan’s web site: Recently, MetroPlus Health Plan experienced a possible security breach involving some personal information (including name, member identification number, date of birth and social security number) of a number of our members. A MetroPlus employee, while attempting to work off site, sent an e-mail with this information to…

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Kirkbride Center patient data found in possession of criminal in Florida

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Dissent

The Kirkbride Center in Pennsylvania is a 245-bed 245 comprehensive behavioral health care facility located in Philadelphia that provides acute psychiatric and addiction services. Philadelphia, Pa, November 19, 2014 – The Kirkbride Center(“Kirkbride”) is notifying the public, under the Health Information Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Breach Notification Rule, of the theft of a small number of…

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IL: Clay County Hospital Notifies Patients After Receiving Extortion Demand (updated)

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Dissent

Flora, IL. – December 15, 2014 –On November 2, 2014 Clay County Hospital received an anonymous email that contained protected health information of some clinic patients. The email sender threatened to release this information to the public if they did not receive a substantial payment from the hospital. The hospital immediately notified law enforcement and quickly launched…

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Sony Pictures admits HIPAA data might have been compromised during breach

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Dissent

Steve Ragan reports: In a breach notification letter sent to employees this week, Sony Pictures outlines the full scope of data that was compromised by attackers shortly before the Thanksgiving holiday. […] “In addition, unauthorized individuals may have obtained (ix) HIPAA protected health information, such as name, Social Security Number, claims, appeals information you submitted…

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