Chicago police have located the hub of an identity theft operation and have arrested the two women coordinating the scheme. Carmencita Kennedy, the reception at Woman to Woman Healthcare on the South Loop, has been charged with organizing a long-term financial crimes enterprise. Police say the 32 year old has stolen the identities of at…
Category: Health Data
Omnicare notifies almost 9,000 that their Social Security numbers and protected health information were on a stolen laptop
Omnicare Inc. of Kentucky recently notified 8,845 patients who had protected health information on a laptop that was stolen on January 19. The firm, which provides pharmaceutical care for seniors, posted a statement on their web site for those using pharmacies in North Carolina: On January 19, 2011, a laptop computer was stolen that contained…
Phoenix dentists notify 10,000 patients about stolen portable device.
Dentists Brian J. Daniels, D.D.S. and Paul R. Daniels, D.D.S. of Phoenix, Arizona recently notified 10,000 patients that a portable device stolen on March 2, contained protected health information. There is no notice on their web site other than: HIPAA Breach Information for Patients of Record Certain electronically-stored patient records were stolen on March 2,…
Omnicare notifies almost 9,000 that their Social Security numbers and protected health information were on a stolen laptop
Omnicare Inc. of Kentucky recently notified 8,845 patients who had protected health information on a laptop that was stolen on January 19. The firm, which provides pharmaceutical care for seniors, posted a statement on their web site for those using pharmacies in North Carolina: On January 19, 2011, a laptop computer was stolen that contained…
AU: $40,000 damages for breach of privacy
Julie Robotham reports: A $40,000 damages order for misusing a mentally ill patient’s medical records has sent a strong privacy warning to hospitals. The compensation, awarded to a man who was a patient of the same public hospital where he worked [the former Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service], is the maximum allowable in…
Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital breach notice
I finally tracked down an explanation for a breach entry in HHS’s breach tool that read: Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital,TX,, 654, 12/23/2010,Unknown ,Electronic Medical Record,, I had reported it on this blog last week, but here’s the undated notice that explains it: Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital is notifying our patients about a breach…