Author: Dissent

Ryan O’Donnell of WOAI reports: Thousands of sensitive medical documents fell out of a truck bed and ended up scattered across the road for just about anyone to see and take. The box belonged to Labcorp, one of the world’s largest companies that analyzes blood work, and contained thousands of patient medical records. […] A…

Another entity involved in the February smash-and-grab theft of a computer from Systematic Automation, Inc. has been identified: Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital. The stolen computer was recovered and the thief arrested. Airan Scruby writes in the Whittier Daily News: About 5,000 past and current employees at Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital had their private information stolen, officials said…

Jonathan M. Gitlin writes in Ars Technica: Doctors’ poor handwriting might be a cliché, but being able to accurately read medical records can often be a matter of life and death. The ubiquity of the personal computer has allowed the clinic to enter the digital age, and given that computers excel at managing information, the…

John Porretto reports for the Associated Press: Caremark Corp. will overhaul its information security system and pay the state of Texas $315,000 to settle a lawsuit that accused the drugstore operator of dumping credit card numbers, medical information and other material from more than 1,000 customers into a garbage container. […] Records allegedly dumped by…

Jeff Drummond was clearly none too impressed with a recent NY Times‘ editorial.  He writes:  […] Let’s Fisk the Times piece: “The National Institutes of Health, which was responsible for safeguarding the data, made things worse by delaying in notifying the patients.” Really? How were things made worse? Was there an improper use that earlier…

From the 15th National HIPAA Summit, Walter Padworski’s talk is now online for free viewing.