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Ie: Computer Containing Patient Data Stolen From Ennis Hospital

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Dissent

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed that a computer containing patient information has been stolen during a break-in at Ennis General Hospital. Gardaí, the HSE and the Data Protection Commissioner are investigating the theft which occurred at Clare’s county hospital last week. […] The HSE has launched it’s own investigation into the matter however…

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Ca: Privacy breach must be treated as serious crime

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Dissent

An editorial in the Star Phoenix begins: The biggest threat to the security of Canadians’ personal information, especially their medical records, isn’t from computer hackers, it would seem, but from those within the bureaucracy who access and share these records for personal or political purposes. And until governments begin to treat these grievous abuses as…

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AU: Doctors caught revealing secret patient information in Facebook posts

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Dissent

Helen Pow reports: Doctors have been disclosing sensitive medical information – and even mocking patients – on Facebook. The NSW Medical Board has cautioned one doctor for making “flippant and derogatory” comments, and warned others to “think twice” before disclosing patient details on social networking sites. Doctors are being warned the online conversations they think…

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IN: St. Vincent Hospital reports stolen laptop

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Dissent

The Indy Channel reports: St. Vincent Hospital has notified 1,200 patients their personal information was on a laptop stolen from an employee’s home. The computer, containing Social Security numbers and personal health information, was taken during a burglary at a worker’s home on July 25, hospital officials said in a news release Friday night. Read…

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NZ: Hundreds of patient records stolen

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Dissent

Kate Newton reports: Hundreds of patients’ medical records were stolen from Wellington Hospital by an employee and left languishing in a Porirua house for six years. Six boxes containing about 800 documents, mainly patients’ referrals and test results, were taken from the hospital by medical records clerk Taofiga “Junior” Sa. The patients whose files were…

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Backup with sensitive HIV information stolen — from a car

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Dissent

Grace Jang of KTVA reports that the HIV status of thousands of Alaskans is likely in the hands of a thief: Anchorage Police, along with the Alaskan Aids Assistance Association known as the Four A’s, say the sensitive information was taken earlier this month, but because the investigation is still very active, a lot of…

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