Officials at South Coast Medical Center are still trying to figure out how a woman was admitted under a 72-hour psychiatric hold using another woman’s identity — and insurance card. […] Kofl said it is the first known incident of insurance identity theft in the Adventist Health chain of 18 hospitals. Full story – Coastline…
UK: NHS chiefs apologise
HEALTH bosses have apologised after the names and addresses of patients were stolen from a nurse’s car. The details of 233 patients in Rutland and Leicestershire were taken. The information included names and addresses of GP practices and the patients’ NHS reference numbers. The theft came as Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Trust said it…
UK: Data amnesty after files go missing
Health bosses have ordered a data amnesty after an employee lost personal information of 137 patients. NHS Lothian launched the campaign to ensure all 28,000 staff understand the rules on storing sensitive data – and own up if they lost files themselves. More – The Press Association
Arkansas Department of Human Services Files Stolen Out of Employee's Car
Sandra Kirk of FOX16 reports that paper files with personal information on 16 families, including Social Security numbers and medical information was stolen from the backseat of an Arkansas Department of Human Services employee’s unlocked car on May 5. The employee was permitted to take files off site under DHS’s rules, but had not safeguarded…
UK: Health worker loses patient files
Private records containing medical histories of 137 patients have been lost by a health service worker, the NHS has said. Copies of letters sent to Edinburgh GPs by NHS Lothian over two years were stored on a computer memory stick in breach of data protection rules. Full story – Deeside Piper
Baptist Health alerts patients to ID theft
This is a different Baptist hospital than the story reported just previous to this one. Toby Manthey reports in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Baptist Health has sent letters warning about 1, 800 patients that the hospital system’s records may have been breached, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette has learned. The notification came after the arrest of a Baptist…