ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan Medicine is notifying approximately 870 patients about the theft of a laptop computer that may have exposed some of their health information. On June 3, 2018, a Michigan Medicine employee’s personal laptop computer was stolen. The theft occurred when the employee’s car was broken into and his bag, which contained the…
Category: Health Data
Medical records mishap sends confidential information to Westerville woman
Terri Sullivan reports: Elizabeth Spilker might know more about you than you think. For about a year now, a local hospital has been faxing other people’s personal medical records to her home. “We have been getting regular faxes over the last year or so from Grant Medical Center, with people’s personal information attached,” said Spilker….
PA: Washington Health System suspends about a dozen employees
Rick Shrum reports that no one has lost their job (yet), but a number of employees of Washington Health System in Pennsylvania have been suspended during an investigation of inappropriate access to patient records. The matter is believed to have been related to the untimely death of Kimberly Dollard, 57, of Amwell Township, on June 6….
Surgery technician accused of stealing personal information from BAMC
KSAT reports: A surgery technician is accused of taking personal information from a surgeon and other active-duty and retired military members at Brooke Army Medical Center. Abelardo Arellano, 32, was arrested after his wife found a notebook belonging to him with several people’s names, birthdays and Social Security numbers in it, authorities said. Read more…
Update: Med Associates notified 270,000 patients about hack detected in March
On June 14, medical claims processor Med Associates issued a press release notifying an unspecified number of patients of a hacking incident. The firm had become aware of unusual activity in their system on March 22. Now Brian Nearing of the Times Union has an update that indicates that more than 270,000 New York residents…
MO: Black River Medical Center notified patients whose information was potentially accessed
Black River Medical Center in Missouri has sent notification letters to an unspecified number of patients potentially affected by a phishing incident discovered in April. Here is their June 13 notice from their web site: Black River Medical Center has become aware of a potential data security incident that may have resulted in the inadvertent…