Laura Ungar reports: A flash drive containing personal information on 24,600 patients is missing from Our Lady of Peace psychiatric hospital, prompting it to warn those patients they could be at risk for fraud. Hospital officials are sending letters to all those affected, apologizing for the privacy breach and recommending steps they can take. Officials…
Category: Health Data
St. Jude patients’ data stolen on computers
Courtney Perkes reports: St. Jude Heritage Medical Group in Fullerton has notified about 22,000 patients that their personal health and financial data might have been accessed after five computers were stolen. Heritage, which is affiliated with St. Jude Medical Center, sent letters about the theft last week, according to hospital spokeswoman Dru Ann Copping. The…
Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center notifies HHS of breach
Another breach newly revealed on OCR’s web site: Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center State: Nebraska Business Associate Involved: McKesson Information Solutions, LLC Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 660 Date of Breach: 3/19/10 Type of Breach: Other Location of Breached Information: Paper Records As of the time of this posting, neither entity has any notice…
St. Jude patients' data stolen on computers
Courtney Perkes reports: St. Jude Heritage Medical Group in Fullerton has notified about 22,000 patients that their personal health and financial data might have been accessed after five computers were stolen. Heritage, which is affiliated with St. Jude Medical Center, sent letters about the theft last week, according to hospital spokeswoman Dru Ann Copping. The…
Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center notifies HHS of breach
Another breach newly revealed on OCR’s web site: Beatrice Community Hospital and Health Center State: Nebraska Business Associate Involved: McKesson Information Solutions, LLC Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 660 Date of Breach: 3/19/10 Type of Breach: Other Location of Breached Information: Paper Records As of the time of this posting, neither entity has any notice…
Please, stop cancelling my health card!
Donovan Vincent reports: Teresa Lawrence is sick of all the problems she’s had with her Ontario health card. Since October, the Toronto woman has had the card cancelled several times in an apparent case of mistaken identity. Each time there was a mix-up she was later assured the problem had been rectified. […] The cards…