Category: Health Data

The BBC reports: A tape containing the records of more than 11,000 patients has been lost by a GP practice in Greater Manchester. The magnetic tape contains duplicates of current and old patient details at Whitaker Lane Practice in Prestwich. Doctors say the records can only be viewed using specialist equipment and are unlikely to…

Carly Timmons of ABC reports: State health officials say a security breach in the Organ and Tissue Donor Registry may have exposed thousands of donors’ personal information, including their social security numbers. The Agency for Health Care Administrations said Monday it has corrected the flaw, which may have allowed unauthorized users to view the personal…

Officials at South Coast Medical Center are still trying to figure out how a woman was admitted under a 72-hour psychiatric hold using another woman’s identity — and insurance card. […] Kofl said it is the first known incident of insurance identity theft in the Adventist Health chain of 18 hospitals. Full story – Coastline…

HEALTH bosses have apologised after the names and addresses of patients were stolen from a nurse’s car. The details of 233 patients in Rutland and Leicestershire were taken. The information included names and addresses of GP practices and the patients’ NHS reference numbers. The theft came as Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Trust said it…

Health bosses have ordered a data amnesty after an employee lost personal information of 137 patients. NHS Lothian launched the campaign to ensure all 28,000 staff understand the rules on storing sensitive data – and own up if they lost files themselves. More – The Press Association

Sandra Kirk of FOX16 reports that paper files with personal information on 16 families, including Social Security numbers and medical information was stolen from the backseat of an Arkansas Department of Human Services employee’s unlocked car on May 5. The employee was permitted to take files off site under DHS’s rules, but had not safeguarded…