Cassie Shaner reports: A list of names and Social Security numbers for about 1,450 veterans with upcoming appointments at the Clarksburg VA Medical Center was mistakenly left in a government vehicle for a few months, officials said Tuesday. They said there’s no reason to believe the information was compromised, however. […] Beiler said a female…
Category: Health Data
NYU Langone Medical Center Notifies Patients That Stolen Computer Contained Clinical Information
NYU Medical Center has posted the following breach notification on its web site, dated March 29, 2011: NYU Langone Medical Center notified patients recently that a desktop computer was discovered stolen from an NYU School of Medicine Faculty Group Practice physician’s office on January 27, 2011. The computer contained correspondence with patients regarding their office…
Eisenhower Medical Center Reports Theft of Computer and Television
Via PRNewswire: RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif., March 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Eisenhower Medical Center (EMC) has implemented additional security procedures and protocols to help ensure patient privacy and security after a hospital computer and a television were stolen in a burglary on Friday, March 11. The computer was password protected but not encrypted. It contained an…
MemorialCare notified 2,250 patients of privacy breach
A recent entry in HHS’s breach tool referred to a breach allegedly involving Long Beach Memorial Medical Center. As it turns out when I began to try to find details of the breach, the breach was not at LBMMC, but was at Memorial Health Services (MemorialCare Health System). MHS has provided a copy of its…
Maryville Academy says sensitive data potentially compromised
The Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Tribune and WGN News are reporting a breach involving records on nearly 3900 children held by Illinois childcare agency, the Maryville Academy. A notice on Maryville Academy‘s web site says: Notice Notice To All Current and Former Maryville Academy Residents and Clients Who Received Services Between 1992 and January 25,…
Ca: Medical records found in Regina recycling bin
Some people just still don’t get it and continue to dispose of sensitive records improperly. From CBC in Canada: Saskatchewan authorities are investigating after several boxes containing the medical files of about 1,000 patients were discovered intact in a paper-recycling bin in Regina. Gary Dickson, the province’s information and privacy commissioner, told CBC News on…