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Man indicted in probe of UMC hospital privacy leak

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Dissent

Marshall Allen reports on the latest development in a UMC breach discussed on this site in the past: A man was indicted today by a federal grand jury in an alleged conspiracy to pay a University Medical Center employee for private information about traffic accident victims that was used to drum up clients. The indictment…

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UMC: Patient info leaks likely date back to July

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Dissent

Marshall Allen reports that the UMC breach reported previously may have gone on for as long as three months: For more than three months someone at University Medical Center illegally leaked the personal information of traffic accident victims — a breach of social security numbers, birth dates and more that only stopped when the Las…

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UMC lacks way to log patients’ records

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Dissent

Marshall Allen updates us on a recent breach involving allegations that insider(s) accessed and sold patient data to local attorney(s): University Medical Center has no system to track patient records, leading to numerous instances in which hospital paperwork containing Social Security numbers, birth dates and other private information goes missing, a state investigation has found….

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UMC patients at risk of identity theft may wait 60 days to find out

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Dissent

Marshall Allen follows up on a UMC breach and shows how HITECH’s 60-day notification deadline is being used by the hospital to its fullest: Kathy Silver, CEO of University Medical Center, learned three weeks ago that names, birth dates and Social Security numbers for at least 21 patients were leaked from the hospital — a…

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At UMC, audits show privacy lapses are not new

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Dissent

Marshall Allen of the Las Vegas Sun is staying all over the UMC breach reported here previously. In today’s commentary, he reviews the findings of past audits of UMC’s HIPAA compliance: University Medical Center, facing a possible FBI investigation for allowing confidential patient information to be leaked to outsiders, has a spotty record of adhering…

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Follow-up: FBI looking at UMC records leak

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Dissent

Marshall Allen of the Las Vegas Sun reports: The FBI said Friday it may investigate a breach of patient privacy laws at University Medical Center, where hospital officials are reeling with the realization that at least one of their employees has leaked confidential names, birth dates and Social Security numbers. UMC officials spent Friday determining…

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