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Imation lab tests reveal serious data leak risks due to improper tape destruction

Posted on December 11, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

From an Imation Press Release: Removable storage provider Imation Corp. has announced that it has uncovered data leak risks and other serious data security and financial risks in data centers due to improper destruction of used data storage products. Patient health records, social security numbers, bank account numbers and internal auditing procedures are examples of…

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UK: Leeds child psychologist's laptop missing

Posted on December 11, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

A laptop used by an educational psychologist dealing with some of Leeds’s most troubled children has gone missing. The computer was reported missing to police yesterday after being missing for a week. Although Education Leeds say that no sensitive or confidential information was stored on its hard drive, given the nature of work of educational…

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The security and privacy arguments about healthcare IT

Posted on December 10, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Over on ZDnet HealthCare, Dana Blankenhorn disagrees with the position of PatientPrivacyRights.org. I, too, disagree with PPR on some issues, but I also disagree with Dana’s proposed “solution” because it does not even begin to address the concerns I have. For the record, I am a mental health professional. Deborah Peel of PPR is a…

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States Wired for Health Information Technology

Posted on December 10, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

As seen in Government Technology: States are moving at an unprecedented rate to get their health care systems wired and connected. And each year, they increase their speed. To this end, states are passing legislation on health information technology to try to improve the quality of care and control hemorrhaging costs. Lawmakers around the country…

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The political argument against health IT

Posted on December 10, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Dana Blankenhorn writes: Lots of people want to limit healthcare automation, judging from talkbacks here at ZDNet Healthcare. Their rallying cry is privacy. A group called Patient Privacy Rights, headed by Texas psychologist Deborah Peel (right) and lobbyist Ben Barnes, is their advocate. Their mission statement does not say they’re against automation. Just the opposite. They…

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Man enters plea in U. of U. records case

Posted on December 9, 2008October 24, 2024 by Dissent

Stephen Hunt reports: One of two men charged in connection with obtaining stolen medical records containing personal information for 1.5 million University Hospital patients accepted a plea deal Monday. Shadd Dean Hartman, 37, and Thomas Howard Anderson, 52, were each charged with one count of second-degree felony theft by receiving stolen property and one count…

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