Police have arrested both people wanted in connection with several hundred cases of identity theft uncovered by 9Wants to Know. Many of the thefts originated in the emergency room of a local hospital. […] Philbin is accused of stealing the hospital records of at least 150 patients at St. Anthony Central Hospital who went into…
Category: Health Data
Attorney General Brown Announces Charges Against Physician Accused of Prescription Drug Fraud
From the press release: Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced that charges were filed against Dr. Lisa Barden of Rancho Cucumonga, who broke the law and “wrecked havoc” on the lives of patients whose identities she stole to obtain highly addictive pain killers. “This physician wrecked havoc on the lives of dozens of…
Beach woman sentenced for stealing hospital patients’ information (follow-up)
Cindy Clayton reports: A Virginia Beach woman was sentenced to a year and one day in prison today for stealing the personal information of hospital patients. Nichole Easton, 23, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in September to aggravated identity theft, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Easton had worked as…
MA: Laptops stolen from Baystate Medical
Several laptops were stolen from Baystate Medical Center’s Pediatrics department. Some of those computers had patient information on them. Letters went to all of the affected parents to notify them of the situation. Read more on WWLP
UK: Carjacking lead to patient data loss
Michelle Archard reports: Patients’ personal data has been lost after a nurse was carjacked, a new report has revealed. The theft has just come to light in a report to the board of NHS South East Essex. It is reported as a “serious untoward incident” where there had been loss of some “personal identifiable data”….
Troubled veteran's call leads to firing
Kristina Goetz reports: […] In the early morning hours of April 2, 2007, Jared Rhine had a choice: Pick up a gun and end it all, or pick up a phone. He chose the phone. Rhine dialed the number for the Memphis Veterans Medical Center and demanded to speak to clinical psychologist Sidney Ornduff, who…