John Oates reports the follow-up to a breach previously covered on this site. A Hull man has been given a suspended sentence for looking at hundreds of women’s medical records. Dale Trever, 22, was working for Hull Primary Care Trust as a “care data quality facilitator” when he accessed medical records of 413 female patients….
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FL: People’s Personal Information Up for Bid at Hospital Auction
Chad Mira reports: An auction at the Gulf Pines Hospital in Port St. Joe has former employees worried about a HIPAA law violation and possibly even identity theft. One past employee says old files were still in the hospital, and people could have walked away with them after the auction last week. Employees are frustrated…
Iowa crime victims in Iowa hurt by ruling, advocates say
Lee Rodo reports: An Iowa Supreme Court decision allowing criminal defendants more access to confidential mental and medical health records of their alleged victims has become highly controversial in state courts. Defense attorneys praise the July decision. But the ruling has prompted widespread concern from medical professionals, victims’ groups, therapists, social workers and state prosecutors…
WDH records tampering trial will take place next year
Jennifer Keefe reports the latest legal development in a patient records breach that involves charges and counter-charges between two doctors, an office worker: It appears there won’t be a trial in the Wentworth-Douglass Hospital records tampering case until well into 2011. According to court documents recently filed at Strafford County Superior Court, a trial is…
FL: People's Personal Information Up for Bid at Hospital Auction
Chad Mira reports: An auction at the Gulf Pines Hospital in Port St. Joe has former employees worried about a HIPAA law violation and possibly even identity theft. One past employee says old files were still in the hospital, and people could have walked away with them after the auction last week. Employees are frustrated…
Lawsuit alleges CVS Caremark violates HIPAA
As if CVS hasn’t already had enough trouble with the FTC and HHS, now six pharmacies in Texas are suing CVS Caremark. As Health Data Management reports, the pharmacies allege that the pharmacy chain and mail-order pharmacy benefit management firm have engaged in racketeering under the federal RICO law, trade secret misappropriation, and — most…