From their website (they also published a press release on this incident): Shields Health Solutions takes seriously the confidentiality and security of patient information. Regrettably, this notice is to inform patients of a recent incident that may have involved some patients’ information. Shields provides specialty pharmacy services to hospitals and other covered entities. On October…
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CA: Woman claims doctor mishandled patient records
Tori Cooper reports: Thousands of confidential patient records made it into 23ABC Newsroom Friday. Haylee Jones, stopped by with a box full of patient records, detailing highly privileged personal information belonging to thousands of patients in Kern County along with prescriptions and more. Kern Medical confirmed with us that Rishi Telwar was in the residency…
ZA: Crucial patient information lost in Yeoville clinic robbery
Gaby Ndongo reports: Crucial patient information was lost when 11 computers were stolen from the Yeoville Clinic in a robbery days before Christmas. The clinic had been migrating from paper to digital records to avoid the loss of physical files, to facilitate the process of finding patient information, and to improve healthcare for the over…
Maze Team continues naming victims and dumping data…
I haven’t had time nor inclination to investigate all of Maze Team’s claimed victims, but of course, I have kept an eye out for ones involved health data or student data. Thanks to HealthITSecurity, I learned that the threat actors also attacked a chiropractic practice in South Dakota. The practice, called All About Potential Family…
Personal Data Of 650,000 Oregonians Exposed After Medical Vendor’s Computer Stolen
Kristian Foden-Vencil A stolen computer has exposed the personal information — including names, social security numbers and addresses — of more than 650,000 Oregonians. Thieves stole a computer from the troubled medical transportation company GridWorks last November. It had personal information of patients as well as the company identity numbers of the Portland-area Medicaid provider Health…
PA: Johnstown woman steals medical records, money from business
Patrick Buchnowski reports: A Johnstown woman has been charged with stealing $3,350 from the Southmont business were she once worked in order to feed her drug habit, and then removing medical records to cover up the crime, authorities allege. Wast Hills Regional police charged Shannon Lee Shander, 46, of the 100 block of Fair Oaks…