The Hospital Authority will implement the Taskforce on Patient Data Security & Privacy’s 26 recommendations within two years to improve the protection of patient data. The authority appointed the taskforce in May following cases of lost electronic devices containing patient data. Releasing its review report today taskforce chairman Stephen Lau said the authority has room…
Category: Health Data
HSE laptop containing personal information stolen
The HSE is confirming that a laptop, blackberry phone and a data disk containing the personal information of more than 1,000 healthcare workers has been stolen. The Executive is apologising for the incident and has begun contacting those affected. In a statement, the HSE says the laptop, blackberry and data disk were stolen from the…
Laptop Computer Stolen From Salina Hospital (update 1)
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…
UK: Patient details stolen from surgery
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…
UK: GMC launches formal consultation on confidentiality
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…
MD Anderson clerk accused of ID theft
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…