Victoria Colliver reports: Medical records for about 4,400 UCSF patients are at risk after thieves stole a laptop from a medical school employee in November, UCSF officials said today. The laptop, which was stolen on or about Nov. 30, was found in Southern California on Jan. 8. There is no indication that unauthorized access to…
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FL: Medical files in Port St. Lucie trash bin could have led to ID fraud, police say
Will Greenlee reports: Police on Tuesday turned up medical files containing information that could be used to commit identity theft in a trash bin near University Medical Clinics, a police spokesman said Wednesday. Police determined the files, which contained information including patient names, Social Security numbers, phone numbers and addresses, had been discarded from University…
A Federal Court Dismisses a Suit Based on a Threat of Identity Theft and an Extortion Letter
Anita Ramasastry has a commentary on a recent federal court decision in a lawsuit against Express Scripts. She writes, in part: Readers may wonder, Why didn’t the extortion letter make a difference in the Amburgy v. Express Scripts case? After all, didn’t the letter substantially strengthen the risk that a breach would occur? Perhaps –…
Doctors claim they have list of medical records accessed by second worker
Adam D. Krauss brings us the latest allegations in the WDH incident reported previously on this site: The attorney for two doctors in a conflict with Wentworth-Douglass Hospital over a patient privacy breach has sent a letter to WDH with information the doctors say is a new list indicating 900 patient records were improperly accessed…
TX: Hospital laptop stolen, putting patient info at risk
KTRK reports: The theft of a laptop computer from a medical office has put hundreds of people at a greater risk of identity theft. On Friday, the Methodist Hospital notified 689 people that someone stole a laptop from an office at the Smith Tower in the Texas Medical Center. Hospital spokeswoman Stephanie Acin told Eyewitness…
TX: Hospital laptop stolen, putting patient info at risk
KTRK reports: The theft of a laptop computer from a medical office has put hundreds of people at a greater risk of identity theft. On Friday, the Methodist Hospital notified 689 people that someone stole a laptop from an office at the Smith Tower in the Texas Medical Center. Hospital spokeswoman Stephanie Acin told Eyewitness…