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Author: Dissent

Data security breaches often triggered by carelessness

Posted on February 22, 2010 by Dissent

Pamela Lewis Nolan reports: Often the biggest threat to your practice and patient data is not an outside hacker or a snooping employee — it’s somebody’s forgetfulness. […] Credant Technologies, a Dallas-based data protection solutions company, noted in a 2008 survey that although more than a third of health care professionals store patient data on…

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NZ: Hospital sacks employee over accessing files

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Dissent

Greer McDonald reports: A Hutt Hospital employee has been fired for accessing patient files without legitimate reasons. A report prepared for Hutt Valley District Health Board revealed three staff members at the hospital were investigated for potential privacy breaches in October and December. Acting chief executive Michael Hundleby said two breaches were upheld while in…

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Joe Jackson Wins Right To Michael Jackson Medical Records

Posted on February 21, 2010 by Dissent

Joe Jackson has taken one step forward in his quest to file a wrongful death suit following the passing of his superstar son last June. In papers obtained by RadarOnline.com the Superior Court of California ruled on Friday that Joe be allowed access to Michael Jackson’s medical records, something that the singer’s Estate had fought…

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TN: TennCare sent data to wrong people

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Dissent

Nicole Young and Chris Echegaray report: A corrupted file on a state computer caused incorrect addresses to be put on cards and letters mailed to some 3,900 TennCare enrollees, sending names, birth dates and Social Security numbers to the wrong people, state officials said Friday. Those whose personal information was released will be notified by…

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TN: TennCare sent data to wrong people

Posted on February 20, 2010 by Dissent

Nicole Young and Chris Echegaray report: A corrupted file on a state computer caused incorrect addresses to be put on cards and letters mailed to some 3,900 TennCare enrollees, sending names, birth dates and Social Security numbers to the wrong people, state officials said Friday. Those whose personal information was released will be notified by…

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Hackers Get Data on 10s of Thousands of Payment Cards

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Dissent

Helsinki police are investigating a computer system intrusion that gave hackers access to information about tens of thousands of different types of credit and bank cards. So far, the information for only a few cards has been exploited by the criminals. Altogether, the hackers accessed the numbers of over 100,000 payment cards from the poorly…

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