Author: Dissent

Investigations are under way into how a shipping container full of medical waste and records were dumped in the grounds of the former Magic Kingdom fun park in Sydney’s South West. The container was discovered by fire fighters at the Lansvale property after catching alight. Police said it was likely the container had been there…

Martin Williams reports on RedOrbit: AMBULANCE service executives were not to blame for the loss of details of almost one million 999 emergency medical calls, including caller numbers and patient names, Scotland’s Health Secretary said yesterday. Nicola Sturgeon said she was satisfied that the Scottish Ambulance Service had followed guidelines and the missing information, lost…

Suspected cancer patients at top London hospitals have missed critical appointments after their records were lost by a new multi-billion-pound computer system. Patients missed appointments with a specialist within the necessary two weeks because of problems with the new Care Records Service installed under the NHS £12.7 billion Programme for IT (NPfIT). Problems arose in…

The Rockledge Police Department confiscated medical records from a trash bin behind the Rockledge Urgent Care Center Inc. Full story – Local 6

Nick Heath of silicon.com reports: NHS trusts will not have completed encrypting patients’ personal data held on their computers until later this year. A number of health trusts are expected to be months late in meeting a target to encrypt all data on non-secure machines by 31 March, 2008. Full story – ZDNet Thanks to…

Cindy George of the Houston Chronicle reports on a hacking case that thankfully did not result in an interruption of patient care: The fired technology director of a Houston organ donation company has been accused of hacking into its computer system and deleting records. A federal indictment alleges that over two days in November 2005,…