The Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health meets this morning at 10:00 am Eastern to discuss a draft health information technology bill proposed by Congressmen Dingel and Barton. You can watch it here (opens in new window).
Category: Health Data
UnitedHealthcare data breach leads to ID theft at UC Irvine
Robert McMillan reports in ComputerWorld: A data breach at United Healthcare Services Inc. has led to a rash of identity-theft crimes at the University of California, Irvine. To date, 155 graduate and medical students at the school have been hit by the scam, in which criminals file false tax returns in the victim’s name and…
Walter Reed admits breach of patient information
Officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are investigating how the personal information of 1,000 former patients was left unsecured on a hospital computer. Hospital officials said they were notified of the breach on May 21 by an outside company. Few details are available, but investigators say the information may have been disclosed via a…
UK: University employees' records stolen from security van
Details of more than 3,000 current and former employees of Birmingham City University were among 35,000 private health customer records stolen from a security van. Personal information including their home addresses, dates of birth, claims details and scanned letters of correspondence were stored on a computer tape stolen from the van. The tape containing the…
TX: Confidential files found in dumpster
Files containing personal information were found in a dumpster outside a storage facility. Now, a dentist is apologizing. The business sits along the North Freeway at North Vista in the Spring area. Dr. Jake Duong says he stores records at the business and an assistant accidentally left the files outside. “We actually have storage in…
Walter Reed says patient data may be compromised (update)
Jennifer C. Kerr reports: Sensitive information on about 1,000 patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other military hospitals was exposed in a security breach, sparking identity theft concerns and an investigation by the Army. Names, Social Security numbers, birth dates and other information was released, hospital officials said Monday. The computer file that…