Category: Health Data

No specific mention of patient data, but what are the odds…. Todd Pittenger reports: Salina Police are looking for a laptop computer that is missing from Salina Regional Health Center. Salina Deputy Police Chief Carson Mansfield says the computer was stolen from the Emergency Room sometime between 7:00 in the morning Saturday and 11:00 in…

A SAFE containing computer back-up tapes which hold personal health information about patients registered at St Pauls Surgery in Winchester was stolen during a burglary over the weekend. A spokesman said: “We would like to reassure patients registered at the surgery that the chances of anyone being able to do anything untoward with the tapes…

The GMC has today launched a formal consultation on updating its guidance on doctors’ obligations to respect confidentiality and patients’ privacy. The move has been prompted by the need to clarify doctors’ ability to comply with the current guidance, in light of changes in legislation and the impact of the web on the availability of…

Brian Rogers reports: A 26-year-old former clerk at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center is being sought on charges that she stole identities of hospital patients, prosecutors said Monday. Angelina Cloud-Equam is accused of fraudulent use and possession of identifying information, a third-degree felony, said Donna Hawkins, a spokeswoman for the Harris County…

Tristan Scott reports: Cancer survivor Lois Fitzpatrick worries that a prescription drug database proposed for the upcoming session of the Montana Legislature would compromise her privacy and hinder patients’ access to pain medications. Mark Long, chief of the narcotics bureau for Montana’s Division of Criminal Investigations, fears that if the drug registry fails, addicts and…

The Erie County Executive’s office issued a statement Friday announcing a county laptop comuter [sic] was reported stolen from a county health facility at 608 William Street. The county says the theft appears to have occurred on or about August 28th. County Attorney Cheryl Green says once staff discovered the theft, they reported it to…