Tricia Bishop reports: A Baltimore law firm lost a portable hard drive containing information about its cases, including medical records for 161 stent patients suing cardiologist Mark G. Midei for alleged malpractice at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson. The drive was lost Aug. 4 by an employee of the firm Baxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones who was traveling…
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GA: Former bank employee accused of theft, identity fraud
J. Scott Trubey reports: A Villa Rica woman who formerly worked for a bank will make an initial court appearance Wednesday on charges that she siphoned money out of customer accounts and stole identities to make fraudulent loans. Sherri Whitlock Hines, 40, was indicted last week in Carroll County Superior Court on five counts of…
Ca: Medical records found on Chilliwack street
Tyler Olsen reports: Fraser Health is promising an investigation and review of privacy policies at Chilliwack General Hospital (CGH) after internal records bearing the names of patients ended up on a Chilliwack road. In late September, a resident of Tamihi Way found three pieces of paper from CGH on a street in the Garrison Crossing…
Stolen TechCentral laptop contained Social Security numbers and credit card numbers
On August 27, Texas-based TechCentral, a division of Henry Schein Practice Solutions, learned that a laptop had been stolen from one of its employees. The laptop contained customer information including names, Social Security numbers, and credit card numbers. By letter dated September 28, affected customers were notified of the breach and offered free credit monitoring….
Breach at Genentech vendor puts patients at risk of identity theft
Like other companies, Genentech has a patient support program to assist patients who cannot afford needed medications. Unhappily, the patient support program data, maintained by an unnamed vendor, was breached. Genentech reported the breach to the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on September 29, noting that they had been informed of the breach on August…
MT: Bozeman nurse and surrogate mother suing Billings Clinic, health insurer
Somewhat bizarre case reported by Jodi Hausen: A Bozeman nurse is suing Billings Clinic and its health insurer, claiming she was wrongfully fired and denied health insurance coverage because she was pregnant as a surrogate mother for her patient. […] In November 2009, Acosta-Yearick became pregnant for a patient at Bozeman OBGYN where she worked….