Liz Austin Peterson of the Houston Chronicle reports: A low-level Harris County Hospital District administrator probably violated federal law when she downloaded medical and financial records for 1,200 patients with HIV, AIDS and other medical conditions onto a flash drive that later was lost or stolen, legal experts said Thursday. […] “This is an egregious…
Category: Health Data
Emmett: Missing records belonged to AIDS patients
Liz Austin Peterson updates us on the missing Harris County Hospital District breach: Many of the medical and financial records stored on a flash drive that has gone missing from the Harris County Hospital District belonged to patients with HIV or AIDS, Harris County Judge Ed Emmett said today. […] Emmett, who was briefed on…
IA: Students' files tossed, sold at Russell, parents say
Staci Hupp reports in the Des Moines Register: First they lost their school. Now students in Russell have been stripped of their privacy, some parents say. Parents allege that school and health records for dozens of students ended up in the trash or on the auction block after crews cleaned out Russell’s only school building….
MI: Workers disciplined for peek at Granholm medical file
Chris Christoff reports in the Free Press: Employees of Sparrow Hospital were fired or disciplined in July after it was discovered they attempted to access computerized medical information about Gov. Jennifer Granholm when she was admitted there for abdominal surgery April 29, the Free Press has learned. Advertisement A hospital spokesman said an unspecified number…
TX: County hospital patient data missing
Liz Austin Peterson of the Houston Chronicle reports: Confidential medical information for about 1,200 Harris County Hospital District patients may have been compromised when an electronic device used to store the data was lost or stolen, district officials said Wednesday. An employee transferred the information onto the device in order to complete a project away…
More UCLA Medical Center employees peeked at celebrities' records, state says
Charles Ornstein reports in the LA Times: […] The California Department of Public Health also found that nearly twice as many medical center employees as had previously been reported peeked at confidential medical records at UCLA. Nearly 60 additional employees gained improper access to records between January 2004 and June 2006, the report said, bringing…