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…
Category: Health Data
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…
Confidential medical records found in Chino Hills trash container after apparent error by movers
Jannise Johnson reports: Hundreds of confidential medical files were found in a trash container Monday by San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies. The files belonged to doctors Jayshree and Mahesh Vyas who operated a clinic on Chino Hills Parkway and were in the process of moving to a new office, according to a sheriff’s press release….
CA: Patient records taken from Santa Cruz pot referral office
Jennifer Squires reports: Burglars stole a client records, a suitcase and two bags of cookies from a medicinal marijuana referral office on the 500 block of River Street late Monday or early Tuesday, Santa Cruz police reported. Safe Harbor Med Evaluations staff reported the theft around noon Tuesday. Burglars stole a computer hard drive that…