Steve Snyder reports in the Lebanon Daily News that Lebanon Internal Medicine Associates, P. C. of Pennsylvania has notified patients of a breach that occurred after a storm resulted in office flooding. The breach involved a computer that was used to support the practice’s on-site lab and had wound up under water following Tropical Storm…
Category: Health Data
Update to the SAIC/TRICARE breach
From TRICARE: Letters are being mailed from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to affected military clinic and hospital patients regarding a data breach involving personally identifiable and protected health information (PII/PHI). On Sept. 14, 2011, SAIC reported the loss of backup tapes containing electronic health care records used in the military health system (MHS) to…
UK: London's commercial trash contains lots of confidential data
Somewhat self-serving study, but the results are pretty much what I’d expect. In fact, I’m surprised that they didn’t find more: According to a study commissioned by the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID), Phoenix, many London-area organizations engage in the casual disposal of sensitive personal information. NAID commissioned the study to determine whether organization…
Recycled Medical Records Used As Scrap Paper At School
Esme Murphy reports: Detailed medical information discovered on the back of a first-grader’s school drawing sent Minneapolis school officials scrambling. […] The paper was being used as scrap paper for an after school program at the elementary school. After WCCO-TV made a phone call to the school, faculty searched and found more pieces of paper…
TX: Parkland employee fired after theft of thousands of patient records (updated)
Matt Peterson reports: Authorities are investigating the theft of thousands of patient records at Parkland Memorial Hospital, allegedly by a former employee. The theft, which came to light in September, led to the firing of the employee, who worked as a registrar in the hospital and had access to patient files for his job. The…
SHOCK: Laptop and bag with patient data left in an employee's car was stolen
KFYR-TV in North Dakota reports: Patient information may have been stolen during a vehicle break-in last month, and Medcenter One is notifying the 650 potential victims by mail. Other items were also stolen. A Medcenter One laptop and bag containing forms for processing hearing aid patients were taken. The papers have been recovered. But the…