Today’s update to the HHS breach tool web site records some breaches we already knew about but also some other breaches we did not know about through the usual media sources: California Therapy Solutions in California reported that 1,226 patients had protected health information on a stolen device. The theft occurred on November 15. As…
Category: Health Data
UK: Doc Files Dumped in a Bin
Paul Thornton reports: Hospital bosses have launched an investigation after documents revealing patients’ personal records were found dumped in a wheelie bin. The details – on two sheets of paper – were discovered with a dictaphone tape, also thought to contain confidential medical data. Data included the patients’ addresses and phone numbers, as well as…
CA: Stolen laptop contained Sebastopol substance abuse patient information
Bob Norberg reports: Personal information for 699 former residents of a Sebastopol drug and alcohol treatment facility was on a physician’s laptop computer that was stolen in New York, officials said Friday. The theft occurred Nov. 18 at a New York hotel, said Kristen Hayes, a spokeswoman for Azure Acres, the Sebastopol facility. The information…
6,500 Blues members’ personal info exposed (updated)
Melissa Burden reports: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is notifying about 6,500 members whose personal, but non-medical information was exposed on a third-party website, the insurer said today. The nonprofit health insurer said the breach involved a website created by Harper Woods-based Tstream Software, which was doing work on behalf of Warren-based Agent Benefits…
IN: Hospital Security Breach Puts St. Vincent's Patients' Records At Risk
A security breach at St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital may have put the records of 1,800 patients at risk. Hospital officials said they learned in November that certain associate e-mail accounts were breached, which may have allowed patient names, dates of service and certain clinical information to be accessed. Those patients were sent a letter from…
KY: Information on Green River District Health Department patients exposed on the Web for months
James Mayse reports for the Messenger-Inquirer: The names, Social Security numbers and dates of birth of thousands of people who visited the Green River District Health Department were available unsecured online for months, at least since October. But the company maintaining the computer database fixed the problem immediately Wednesday evening after being notified by the…