Newfoundland and Labrador’s health care system suffered another setback Wednesday when the province’s largest health board revealed that some of its staff had deliberately breached the privacy of patients. Hours after the province’s health minister announced that strides had been made to improve health care since the breast cancer testing scandal, Eastern Health said some…
Category: Health Data
Surgeon Posted Nude Photos, Woman Says
Srin McAuley reports: A woman claims her plastic surgeon posted nude photos of her on Facebook without her consent. She claims Dr. Dennis Hurwitz and the Hurwitz Center for Plastic Surgery posted Before and After photos of her from her neck to her knees, along with her name, allowing anyone who looked at the photos…
Patient Billed for Phony Liposuction as Medical ID Theft Rises
Margaret Collins reports on medical ID theft: Sierra Morgan was billed $12,000 on her health-care credit card in November for liposuction, a procedure she never requested or had. “It’s depressing to know that someone used my name and knows so much about me,” said the 31-year-old respiratory therapist from Modesto, California. There were more than…
Breaches of patients' data raise questions on security methods
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.
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…