Stuart Dyson reports: Some patient records may be in jeopardy, thanks to a lost or stolen laptop computer from ABQ Health Partners, the state’s largest independent doctor’s group. ABQ Health Partners sent out a letter telling patients their personal information is at risk of falling into the wrong hands. Lisa Martinez got the news, along…
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A preview of SCDOR’s breach notification letter to those affected
South Carolina submitted a copy of the letter it will be sending out to the California Attorney General’s Office. You can read it here (pdf).
More details on the Pepperdine University breach
A spokesperson for the university sent me the following statement, dated December 7, on the recently disclosed breach involving the theft of a laptop from an employee’s car on November 10: Pepperdine University officials were notified that restricted information of current and former employees, including students, might have been compromised through a stolen University laptop…
'UK DNA database by stealth' proposed in £100m NHS project
Kelly Fiveash reports: Prime Minister David Cameron is to announce plans for the NHS to create a massive database of patients’ DNA, which experts have advised could lead to massive health benefits and advances in medical technology. However the creation of such a database has obvious and far reaching privacy implications. In an attempt to…
Preventing a breach – and a tragedy – by a simple technique
The Australian radio station hoax that managed to obtain and publish medical details of Kate Middleton has fueled a lot of public commentary. At so many points, the breach – and what appears to be the suicide of the nurse who put the call through – might have been avoided. I feel sorry for everyone…
Laptop computer stolen from ambulance in Flint
How do you report that a laptop computer was stolen from an ambulance and not even raise the question as to whether patient data were on the laptop? Beats me.