Cross-posted from phiprivacy.net: From the what-took-so-long dept: On May 11, this site reported that the New Mexico Human Services Department had just revealed that a laptop theft that occurred on March 20 affected about 9,600 people. The laptop was stolen from the car of an employee of West Monroe Partners, a subcontractor for DentaQuest, the…
Category: Health Data
MO: Stacks of medical records found in dumpster outside Florissant doctor’s office
From KMOV: A dumpster outside a St. John’s doctor’s office, listed as Dr. David Brown’s, was wide open and filled with patient folders and other medical records. […] Statement from Dr. David Brown: In an effort to dispose of some files that were many years old, I made a mistake by using improper procedures for…
NY: Revenge of (fired) nerd
Jamie Schram reports on a case where no patient data is reported to have been compromised, but easily could have been because it was accessible: Never sack the tech guy — he knows your IP address. That’s the lesson a Manhattan hospital learned the hard way after a disgruntled computer geek was busted for allegedly…
TN: Sensitive Medical Paperwork Dumped In Church Lot
Nicole Ferguson reports: Thousands of patient records, surgery information, Social Security numbers and bank information were found dumped behind a Nashville Church. The discovery was made Monday morning at the Nashville Center Point Church of the Nazarene off 54th Avenue. […] The documents came from the now defunct and bankrupt Nursing Visioned Medical Services group,…
Hospital Fires Emps in Facebook Scandal
R. Stickney reports: Rumors swirled around Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside two weeks ago that some employees had been fired for sharing patient information on Facebook. The allegations, that dozens of employees may have violated patient confidentiality by posting information on the social networking site caught the attention of the state. The California Department of…
Utah’s identity theft protection law comes too late for 11 month old child
A timely reminder that ID theft can have significant medical consequences. Ronald Mortensen reports: In March 2010, the Utah state legislature passed SB251 which requires all employers with 15 or more employees to protect children from illegal alien driven, job-related identity theft by using a status verification system such as E-Verify. SB251 enters into effect…