The country’s leading children’s hospital has apologised after a laptop containing information on hundreds of young patients was stolen. The computer, which was taken from a “secure area” at Great Ormond Street Hospital, in London, contained information on 458 patients, including names and dates of birth. Read more – Press Association or BBC
Category: Health Data
UK: North patients hit by records loss
Adam Jupp reports: […] We accessed details of all “serious, untoward” incidents at the North East Strategic Health Authority — SHA — since it was set up in 2006. The SHA oversees all heath services in the region, ranging from hospitals to GP surgeries and ambulance trusts. Figures reveal that at least 175 patient records…
IE: 8,000 NI patients’ medical records missing
A computer tape with medical records of more than 8,000 patients has disappeared en route from Northern Ireland to England, it was revealed today. It was sent from the Garden Street doctors’ surgery in Magherafelt, Co Derry, to an IT company in London which was updating the practice’s system. A courier picked up the details…
TN: Hacker sentenced for tampering with medical records
A 39-year-old Dyersburg man who hacked into a private computer and tampered with another person’s health records will spend 28 months in prison. A federal jury convicted Bradley Reeves Forsythe, 53 Ducky Lane, on Sept. 5 of intentionally accessing a computer without authorization to cause damage. Forsythe was sentenced Jan. 9 in U.S. District Court…
UK: Patient records on stolen laptop
An NHS trust serving people across south Wales has been criticised after a laptop with details of about 5,000 patients were stolen. Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust was found to have breached data protection laws. The computer, which had patient medical records on it which were not encrypted, was stolen from an unlocked office….
Patient data stolen in Japan
Ten patients’ personal information has been lost after a sales vehicle containing a set of documents was stolen from a car park. Details of the physicians looking after the patients are also missing, along with the name, date of birth, age, gender, blood test data and questionnaire sheets detailing reactions to medications of the people…