WRIC reports: Imagine having your personal and medical information stolen not once, but twice. It happened to a VCU Health System patient. And it was an inside job. “It’s extremely frustrating,” said that patient, who our sister station WRIC is not identifying. “You live in that fear, will my money be taken, will accounts be opened…
Category: Health Data
Tennessee diagnostic medical imaging services company pays $3,000,000 to settle breach exposing over 300,000 patients’ protected health information
There’s an update to a case I’ve been following on this blog since 2014. From HHS, this announcement: Touchstone Medical Imaging (“Touchstone”) has agreed to pay $3,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential violations…
Finder of patient details accused by HSE of data breach
From the no-good-deed-shall-go-unpunished-until-we-find-where-we-misplaced-our-common-sense dept., Catherine Shanahan reports: A man who found sensitive patient data on a city centre street and who highlighted his concerns in the media has been accused by the HSE of a data breach. Luke Field, who found data containing patient names and details of surgical procedures on the pavement of South…
Ca: Alleged HIV/AIDS privacy breach in 2016 could become class-action suit against Positive Living Society of British Columbia
Jeremy Hainsworth reports: A Vancouver-based HIV/AIDS organization is facing a class-action suit for breach of privacy after an alleged release of email addresses of 800 of its members via a September 2016 mass email. And, said a BC Supreme Court ruling released May 1, a staff member of Positive Living BC had warned the organization…
Michigan investigating the Inmediata breach
Michigan’s Attorney General is aware of the Inmediata breach and its incident response cock-up that has been reported on this site. People have been complaining here and some have called the state to complain. Remember that in addition to complaining to your state consumer protection bureau or state insurance department, you can also file a…
United Arab Emirates: New law regulating data in the health sector
DLA Piper writes: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) federal government has issued Federal Law No. 2 of 2019 on the Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Health Fields (“ICT Health Law”). The objectives of this law are to: ensure the optimal use of ICT in health fields; ensure safety and security of health…