A recent update to HHS’s breach tool indicates that the Ankle + Foot Center of Tampa Bay, Inc. in Florida reported a breach involving the PHI of 156,000 patients. The incident reportedly occurred on or about November 10 and was coded by HHS as “Hacking/IT Incident” involving the provider’s network server. So far I haven’t…
Category: Health Data
Iowa players' medical records may have been illegally accessed by employees
Dave Curtis reports: Officials at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics have launched an investigation into whether electronic medical records of the 13 Iowa Hawkeyes football players receiving care there were accessed inappropriately. The players and their families were notified Friday of the investigation, which could take up to two weeks, according to a…
NZ: City doctor who breached confidentiality cleared of privacy breach
Here’s the latest news report by Sam McKnight on a case previously covered on this blog: Invercargill doctor Robert Henderson has been cleared of breaching a careworker’s privacy when he disclosed her personal information to her employer. Dr Henderson appeared before the Human Rights Review Tribunal last year to defend claims that in 2003 he…
Ca: Three stolen laptops with patient info recovered
The following report by CBC concerns a breach in New Brunswick, Canada previously reported on this blog: Police have recovered three of the five laptop computers stolen from a Woodstock, N.B., medical clinic two weeks ago. The recovered property includes a computer that contained the names and medicare numbers of patients of Dr. Frances Alborg….
Ophthalmologist Charged in Health Care Fraud Scheme Involving More Than $3 Million in Fraudulent Claims
A press release from the FBI, below, raises questions not only about fraud, but false notations in patients’ charts about treatment and the security of their charts. I am pleased to see that HHS was involved in this investigation and just wonder whether any corrective plan has been issued for the Temple University School of…
North Carolina's Department of Health and Human Services Alerts Clients of Missing Records
George Crocker reports: North Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) says a set of computer disks belonging to the Division of Services for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (DSDHH) may have been accidentally discarded and taken to a landfill during a recent office renovation. The agency is alerting it’s (sic) clients…