Reprinted from REPORT ON PATIENT PRIVACY, the industry’s most practical source of news on HIPAA patient privacy provisions. By Liana Heitin, Editor With many legislators, law enforcement officials, and privacy experts now calling it the fastest-growing type of crime, medical identity theft has emerged as a forefront issue for health care providers. And while ID…
Category: Health Data
(follow-up) Ca: Durham told to encrypt health data on mobile devices
Ontario’s privacy commissioner is ordering Durham Region’s health officer to ensure medical data is encrypted on portable devices. The order follows an incident in December when the health data of more than 83,000 people who received H1N1 flu shots went missing. A nurse was taking a USB key containing the records to her car in…
Health Net statement in response to CT lawsuit
I received the following statement from Health Net in response to my request for a statement: Health Net of Connecticut Statement – January 13, 2010 Protecting the privacy of our members is extremely important to us. Health Net’s company policy states that data must be encrypted and secured. Health Net has just received a copy…
(follow-up) Stolen Tenn. BlueCross hard drives affect at least 220,000
The Associated Press reports that BCBS in Chattanooga now says that 220,000 members had personal information on the hard drives reported stolen in October, but that the number could go up to 500,000. In other words, they still don’t know who had what on the stolen hard drives. By today’s standards, it’s taking them too…
CT Sues Health Net For Massive Security Breach (updated)
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal today sued Health Net of Connecticut, Inc. for failing to secure private patient medical records and financial information involving 446,000 Connecticut enrollees and promptly notify consumers endangered by the security breach. Blumenthal is also seeking a court order blocking Health Net from continued violations of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability…
Health Net response to CT lawsuit
I received the following statement from Health Net in response to my request for a statement: Health Net of Connecticut Statement – January 13, 2010 Protecting the privacy of our members is extremely important to us. Health Net’s company policy states that data must be encrypted and secured. Health Net has just received a copy…