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Author: Dissent

UK: DoH blocks data breach database

Posted on June 14, 2009 by Dissent

Meanwhile, over in the UK: The government has blocked proposals for it to collect and publish data on all NHS security breaches, GP can reveal. In a letter to ministers, written last year and released under the Freedom of Information Act, DoH director of IT implementation Richard Jeavons argued that disciplining offences was the ‘responsibility…

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Medical Problems Could Include Identity Theft

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Dissent

Walecia Konrad of the New York Times reports: Brandon Sharp, a 37-year-old manager at an oil and gas company in Houston, has never had any real health problems and, luckily, he has never stepped foot in an emergency room. So imagine his surprise a few years ago when he learned he owed thousands of dollars…

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UK:Patient records stolen – but patients not told

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Dissent

Nick Spoors of Northampton Chronicle reports: The personal information of up to 100 Northampton NHS patients was lost after a community nurse’s motorbike was stolen – but the patients were never told, it has been revealed. According to NHS Northamptonshire board papers released this week, the GP surgery-based nurse was visiting a home in Park…

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AL: Major Credit Card Security Breach, Thousands Affected

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Dissent

A major credit card security breach is affecting thousands of people tonight. We have confirmed several credit card companies are canceling accounts and issuing new credit and check cards. […] NBC 15 News contacted Visa to try to find out where the security breach happened.. A Visa representative told us: For security, the bank does…

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OR: OHSU Alerts Patients After Laptop Stolen

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Dissent

Oregon Health & Science University is contacting 1,000 patients after a physician’s laptop was stolen from a car parked at the doctor’s Washington County home. Patient names, treatment dates, short medical treatment summaries and medical record numbers were stored on the computer, said OHSU spokesman Jim Newman in a news release. The computer was password-protected…

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IA: Potential Information Breach at Kirkwood Community College

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Dissent

Kirkwood Community College has issued an alert to around 16-hundred people because of a potential data breach. Officials say earlier this month, someone took a storage device from a counselor’s office in Iowa City. That device contained names and social security numbers for participants in the PROMISE JOBS program. Read more on KCRG News. Update:…

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