Author: Dissent

Pat Curry has a nice little overview article on medical identity theft on CreditCards.com. If you’re new to the topic, you might want to check it out.

Valryn Warren reports: Two Samaritan North Health Center employees indicted on identity theft and money laundering charges used information from deceased patients to apply for online loans, police said Friday, Dec. 26. Linda McDermott-Dorsey and Lisa Kidd, both of Trotwood, were indicted Dec. 23. McDermott-Dorsey is charged with 11 counts of money laundering and one…

  Bea Lewis reports: Despite crossed fingers, a package containing personnel medical information on 1,500 patients at Lakes Region General Hospital remains missing. Henry Lipman, executive vice president and chief financial officer at LRGHeath Care, said UPS shipped the parcel from a Woburn, Mass. central processing agent to the hospital but the package never arrived….

The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data’s investigation has found the United Christian Hospital has contravened the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance in the loss of a USB flash drive containing patients’ personal data. Releasing the report today, Commissioner Roderick Woo said before using a USB device, hospital staff should first consider whether there is a real…

Dirk Vanderhart reports: Less than 24 hours after being charged with a host of felonies, a former St. John’s Health System employee appeared before a Greene County Judge this morning to ask for a bond reduction. Scott A. Johnson, a former fitness trainer at St. John’s Health Tracks facility, was charged Monday with 17 counts…

More than 1,000 patients of Cedars-Siani Medical Center may have had personal information taken by a former employee, who allegedly used their identities to defraud insurance companies. A search of the home of James Allen Wilson, 44, turned up the patients’ information, the hospital’s chief financial officer said in a letter to the affected persons…