David Harper reports the follow-up to a case previously covered here last month: A Tulsa woman pleaded guilty Wednesday to participating in a conspiracy in which personal identifying information was taken from St. Francis Hospital’s computer system and used as part of a scheme involving fraudulent credit cards and stolen mail. Teresa R. Browning, 36,…
Category: Health Data
Loma Linda hospital patients' personal information stolen
Richard Brooks provides some details on the Loma Linda University Health Care breach in April that we only knew about because it appeared on OCR’s web site this month: A thief has stolen personal information regarding more than 500 surgical patients of Loma Linda University Medical Center, according to hospital officials. A desktop computer containing…
Yet another Veterans Administration breach
What on earth is going on with all these Veterans Administration data breaches? OCR just added another VA breach to its web site, again out of Texas. The description doesn’t match the breaches that Representative Buyer recently talked about in Congress, which were also from facilities in Texas: VA North Texas Health Care System…
Woman accused of breaking law for bigger breasts
John Burstein reports: A Florida woman wanted bigger breasts and thinner arms so badly authorities say she was willing to break the law to get them. Shatarka Nuby, 29, of Tamarac, faces a credit card fraud charge after the U.S. Postal Service says she and an accomplice committed fraud so she could have more than…
Hospital Staff May Have Shared Too Much on Facebook
Katia Lopez-Hodoyan reports: Facebook is used to stay connected, write to friends and even show pictures but now the website seems to be at the center of a North County hospital investigation. Dozens of Tri City Medical Center employees may have shared patient’s information in social networking sites without the consent of patients. Officials did…
Regina recycling company loses confidential medical records
Pamela Roth and Angela Hall report: Brad Smith was a little surprised to discover …. a few dozen blue and green plastic medical cards containing various pieces of personal information, such as a name, telephone number, address and date of birth. The cards were strewn all over the street and on the side of adjacent…