Jeremy Finley reports: State health officials and emergency management officials are trying to determine who dumped piles of medical records and waste in an abandoned Springfield mansion. […] There are rooms filled with medical records, boxes and boxes of the most private of information, all laying alongside the medical waste, discarded like trash. It’s also…
Category: Health Data
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center breach exposes patient data – but when?
Does anybody recognize this breach? The information was found in Google’s cache: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Information Website FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Data Compromise Questions 1. What has happened? Patient information was inadvertently included in a software update to a website used by physicians, medical researchers and their staff. Sixteen users outside of MSKCC downloaded the…
John Muir Health to notify 5,450 patients of data breach
John Muir Health, the Walnut Creek-based hospital system, said Monday it has begun notifying 5,450 patients by mail of a “potential breach of their personal and health information.” The move came after the theft two months ago of two laptop computers at the John Muir Physician Network Perinatal office in Walnut Creek, officials said April…
John Muir Health to notify 5,450 patients of data breach
John Muir Health, the Walnut Creek-based hospital system, said Monday it has begun notifying 5,450 patients by mail of a “potential breach of their personal and health information.” The move came after the theft two months ago of two laptop computers at the John Muir Physician Network Perinatal office in Walnut Creek, officials said April…
BCBS of Tennessee still notifying individuals of breach
Almost six months after the theft of 57 hard drives from their Chattanooga facility, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is still in the process of notifying individuals of the breach, according to an update to the new Hampshire Attorney General’s Office dated March 31 (pdf). Update: Note that as of this month, the number of individuals…
Two more newly revealed breaches
There are two newly revealed breaches on the HHS/OCR web site that were not previously reported in the media: Laboratory Corporation of America/Dynacare Northwest, Inc. State: Washington Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 5,080 Date of Breach: 2/12/10 Type of Breach: Theft Location of Breached Information: Laptop Lee Memorial Health System State: Florida Approx. # of…