The World Privacy Forum published a new report today, Red Flag and Address Discrepancy Requirements: Suggestions for Health Care Providers. The report discusses the applicability of the new FTC Red Flag regulations to the health care sector along with suggestions for providers. The recently issued regulations by the FTC require financial institutions and creditors to…
Category: Health Data
OH: Woman Accused Of Stealing From Elderly Patients
Two elderly women became victims of identity theft after a woman who was paid to care for them allegedly stole and misused their credit cards. The alleged identity theft occurred within the walls of the Wexner Heritage Center in Bexley, NBC 4‘s Lauren Diedrich reported. Read more on NBC4
Ie: Two of five missing HSE laptops stolen in Mullingar (update)
Paul Hughes reports: Two of five laptops stolen from the Health Service Executive over the past twelve months were taken from a HSE premises in Mullingar. This week, the HSE confirmed the theft took place at the Ard Solas facility, part of the Midland Regional Hospital complex in Mullingar. The two were taken on the…
DPC patients' cash and checks stolen
Lee Williams reports: Cash and Social Security checks belonging to patients at the Delaware Psychiatric Center were stolen from the trunk of a state vehicle during a deposit run to a local bank earlier this month, according to officials responsible for the trouble-plagued facility. Advertisement Delaware State Police spokesman Cpl. Jeff Whitmarsh said detectives are…
Ie: Security standards issued for health
Greg Baxter reports: New standards on information security in the health sector have been issued by the International Organisation for Standards (ISO), an international body composed of representatives from various national standards organisations. The new guidelines address the increasing use of wireless and internet technologies in healthcare delivery, and the consequent growth of electronic exchange…
Human error to blame for Grady data breach
Craig Schneider reports: Private medical records of Grady Memorial Hospital patients were made public on the Internet, in a way that has become an increasing concern to information security experts. Human error — not hackers — apparently caused the medical records of 45 patients to make their way onto an unsecured Web site in July,…