Wow. A reader sent me a link to a news story by Isabel Teotonio that is disturbing, to say the least: When Lois Kamenitz arrived at Pearson International Airport in November, hoping to board a flight to California, she was stunned to learn that U.S. border officials were barring her entry. The reason: Years ago, she…
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Lawyer charged by Texas Commission for contacting Memorial Hermann patients – but how did he get their info?
A disciplinary case out of Texas, reported on Courthouse News, raises a question as to whether there was a privacy breach by an employee of Memorial Hermann in Texas: The Commission for Lawyer Discipline wants Raymond Lamar Fisher reprimanded, suspended or disbarred. It claims a hospital reported that its patients’ rooms had received 1,009 telephone…
OR: Computers Stolen From Bend Ophthamology
Homa Quazilbash of KTVZ reports that 5 desktop and laptop computers were stolen from Bend Ophthamology in a smash and grab. The practice is located in the Pilot Butte Medical Clinic in Bend. No indication of whether there was any protected health information on the computers, but it’s pretty likely that there was. As of today,…
Data breaches triple in space of a year
The Irish Independent reports: Incidents of data breaches tripled last year, with more than 400 instances reported, according to the Office of the Data Protection Commission. A number of probes have been launched into civil servants suspected of accessing information about individuals out of curiosity, or for profit. But some data leaks out through human…
Three other breaches you may not have known about
In addition to other blog entries posted today, a recent update to HHS’s breach tool indicates three more reports that have not been reported in the media: Southern Perioperative Services, P.C. in Alabama reported that 2,000 patients had PHI on a device that was stolen on or about November 17. Their web site is parked and…
Benefit Resources notifies 16,200 of lost device with PHI
A recent update to HHS’s breach tool indicates that Benefit Resources, Inc. in South Carolina reported a breach involving the PHI of 16,200 patients. The incident reportedly occurred on or about November 22 and was coded by HHS as the loss/other of a “portable electronic device/other.” So far I haven’t found any notice on their web…