Category: Health Data

In a blog post, “500 Is a Magic Number:  Health Information Breaches Impacting 499 or Fewer Patients Likely Go Uninvestigated By OCR,” Colin J. Zick of Foley Hoag writes: In the recently-released fiscal 2012 budget for HHS, a dirty little secret has been acknowledged:  the Office of Civil Rights does not have the resources to…

Chicago-based Howard Brown Health Center has posted a breach notice on its web site: Dear Howard Brown Donor and Friend, At Howard Brown Health Center, we take the security and privacy of our donors’ information very seriously. Yesterday, we identified a potential breach in our donor database. The donor database that was potentially breached includes personal…

The spokesperson for Kwai Chung Hospital (KCH) made the following announcement today (February 18) regarding a hospital staff member who lost a USB flash drive containing patients’ data: An occupational therapist at KCH discovered the loss of her personal USB flash drive after getting off a taxi on February 16. She immediately reported the loss…

Juan Ortega reports: Federal authorities have arrested the last of five suspects in an identity-theft ring that targeted patients at Holy Cross Hospital. Jimmy Lee Theodore, 27, of Pembroke Pines, was taken into custody Tuesday, charged with using patients’ stolen identities to obtain debit cards, authorities said. […] As a precaution, Holy Cross sent letters to…

Scott Kitching reports: Hospital officials in St Thomas have launched an investigation after a breach of privacy involving almost 100 patients at St Thomas Elgin General Hospital. A statement from the hospital says personal health information on a printed schedule was found in a parking lot on February 2nd. Included in the schedule were details…