Category: Health Data

Earlier this month, this blog covered a breach involving the Town of Essex in Massachusetts. At the time, I found the statement by the selectmen a bit curious and had asked, “Do the selectmen suspect that someone associated with the program or commission removed the records? I wonder what kind of “legal action” they have…

LabCorp Patient Service Center in California notified Health & Human Services (HHS) that 507 patients were affected by theft of their protected health information.  The records were in paper format, and were reportedly stolen on or about August 2. I do not see any statement on LabCorp’s web site.  The company has a number of…

Rafal Los blogs on Digital Soapbox – Down the Security Rabbit Hole!  about who really pays the fines when a hospital is fined as a result of a data breach: When information is lost, the first thought often is to fine, fine, and fine again these institutions we find to be negligent in either securing their patient’s…

Harry Minium and Patrick Wilson report: The Community Services Board employee who collected pay for 12 years without showing up for work was suspended in 1998 after she was accused of revealing confidential medical information about a patient, said two sources who spoke on condition they not be identified. The sources are familiar with a…

A recent breach in the UK has some people upset with the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust for its lack of transparency and left them guessing what hospital had the breach: The health trust responsible for Northwood’s Mount Vernon Hospital has refused to disclose the location of a major security breach involving confidential patient information….

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has been found in breach of data protection after a doctor lost a memory stick on a train. The junior doctor had recorded details of patients’ conditions and medication on the device and was meant to hand it over to the next doctor on shift. But the doctor forgot…