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OH: Miami Valley Hospital employees breached crash victim’s privacy

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Dissent

Ben Sutherly reports: A Mason man seriously injured in a sensational crash on Interstate 675 that drew national attention received a certified letter Tuesday from Miami Valley Hospital notifying him that four hospital employees had inappropriately accessed his medical records. In a letter dated Oct. 20, hospital Privacy Officer Cindy Howley wrote that employees had…

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Should HHS fine entities who experience repeated avoidable security failures?

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Dissent

I’m working on a breach post for later today but started mulling over the question of whether HHS needs to start fining covered entities who have repeat breaches  where the entity did not seem to adequately harden their security after the first breach or to really learn from experience. This is 2010.  The excuse “we…

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Theft of patients' records nets the max in prison

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Dissent

Jay Weaver follows up on his earlier report: If Ruben E. Rodriguez — sitting in a wheelchair — was looking for sympathy at his sentencing Monday for pilfering more than 3,000 Jackson Memorial Hospital patient records, he came to the wrong place. U.S. District Judge Joan Lenard sentenced Rodriguez to 11 years in prison for…

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Florida businessman to be sentenced for stealing patient records from Jackson Memorial

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Dissent

Jay Weaver reports: A Miami-Dade businessman who pleaded guilty to pilfering thousands of patient records to sell to lawyers for injury claims faces up to 12 years in prison at his sentencing in federal court Monday afternoon. Ruben E. Rodriguez, 62, admitted he stole Jackson Memorial Hospital records of patients’ names, addresses, telephone numbers and…

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From the frying pan into the fire? When HIPAA and reputation collide

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Dissent

One of the values I find in reading a lot online is that I’ll read something that makes me realize a gap in my own understanding of HIPAA or other issues.  In this case,  some forum comments and posts made by a doctor raised questions in my mind about whether  HIPAA-covered entities fall afoul of…

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Ca: Bruyea's lawsuit against feds could be settled out of court, says lawyer

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Dissent

Tim Naumetz reports: The federal government appears ready to settle a $400,000 lawsuit by veterans advocate Sean Bruyea after Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart’s ruling that the Veterans Affairs Department contravened the Privacy Act by circulating his confidential personal information and medical files. Mr. Bruyea’s lawyer would say only that following a lengthy delay in a…

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