The Dept. of Veterans Affairs has issued its monthly report to Congress on data incidents for the month of November. As in past reports, there are a number of mis-mailed or mishandled prescriptions. Other incidents reported during this period included: A VA Attorney discovered names, partial social security numbers and treatment locations of approximately 140…
Category: Health Data
MI: Federal Investigators Shut Down Identity Theft Ring
A former Newland Medical Center employee was charged Monday with 15 counts of identity theft and criminal enterprise. Camille Butler of Detroit is accused of stealing patient information and giving it to her boyfriend, Artis Cleveland. Investigators said the couple stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise using the stolen identities of cancer…
Centra notifies 13,964 patients after laptop theft
Bryan Gentry reports: A laptop stolen in Alpharetta, Ga., in November held the names and billing information of nearly 14,000 Centra patients, the Lynchburg-based hospital system announced Monday. The computer files did not contain Social Security numbers or other information that could be used in identity theft, nor medical history information, Centra officials said. […]…
Dean Clinic and St. Mary’s Hospital reports 3,288 patients had data on laptop stolen in home invasion
Unencrypted protected health information was on a laptop stolen in a home invasion at a physician’s home. In addition to a short statement posted to the DeanCare web site, Dean Clinic and St. Mary’s Hospital in Wisconsin also issued a press release, reproduced on NBC15’s web site: On November 8, 2010, we received a report…
(follow-up) UK: Stolen NHS records spark clamp
There seems to be an order to news stories: first the breach announcement, then the announcement that security has been beefed up. What a shame that they don’t beef up security first to see if it prevents the breach. In today’s news, Sarah Kelly reports: Calderale’s hospital has stepped up security after a laptop containing…
Nine St. Joseph's/Candler employees snagged in medical information breach
Eric Curl reports: Nine St. Joseph’s/Candler employees were punished after a digital image of a patient’s anatomy was photographed, texted by cell phone and posted to Facebook. In all, three employees have been fired, three have been written up, and three have been suspended without pay. Eight of those disciplinary actions occurred Wednesday. Another hospital…