In the aftermath of the recent Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center breach, John Hinton of the Winston-Salem Journal has this piece on hospitals allowing employees to remove patient data from their facilities and whether patients know that that might happen.
Category: Health Data
New victims sought in ID theft probe
City News Service reports: Sheriff’s detectives investigating an identity theft case involving a Valencia laboratory publicized the crime Wednesday in the hope of finding other victims and suspects. All of the victims identified so far had done business with Specialty Laboratories at 27027 Tourney Road, according to Sgt. Darren Harris of the sheriff’s Santa Clarita…
Doctor Accused Of Dumping Personal Info
WFTV reports on a case in Florida where it is not yet clear whether patient information was exposed or not: Lake Mary police say they found documents full of personal information in a dumpster outside a doctor’s office. Officers were looking for evidence in another case when they found the documents. Police told Doctor Michael…
Hospital Makes Changes After Billing Blunder
Rafael Sanchez reports on a breach involving him: An Indianapolis hospital system is using a new registration and billing system after the wrong Rafael Sanchez received a 6News’ reporter’s medical bill. Rafael Sanchez, an attorney at Bingham McHale, called the station in December after he was mailed a $2,051.45 bill from Methodist Hospital intended for…
U of C warns 5,000 patients of potential information breach
The University of Calgary is advising patients of its Sunridge Medical Clinic that their personal health information may have been compromised after several computer viruses infected one of the clinic’s computers. The University said Wednesday in a press release it sent letters to approximately 5,000 patients on March 15. The infected computer was used to…
U of C warns 5,000 patients of potential information breach
The University of Calgary is advising patients of its Sunridge Medical Clinic that their personal health information may have been compromised after several computer viruses infected one of the clinic’s computers. The University said Wednesday in a press release it sent letters to approximately 5,000 patients on March 15. The infected computer was used to…