Can’t say that I’m surprised, not after reading that practices were having to turn patients away because they couldn’t access their patient records or billing records. Rajiv Leventhal reports that a class action complaint has been filed against Allscripts: It was just last week when electronic health record (EHR) vendor Allscripts suffered a ransomware attack…
Category: Health Data
UK: Former civil servant suing government department after ‘highly sensitive’ medical information reportedly revealed in email
Neal Keeling reports: A former civil servant is suing the government department where he worked after ‘highly sensitive’ medical information about him was reportedly revealed to a dozen colleagues in an email. Lawyers for Aftab Marchant have issued High Court proceedings against the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and are seeking damages of up…
NM: Dr. Zachary E. Adkins DDS, LLC notifies patients of stolen hard drive
Dr. Zachary E. Adkins DDS (“Dr. Adkins”) of Albuquerque New Mexico has advised its patients of a privacy event that may have compromised certain personal information. The events are the result of criminal activity. On November 30, 2017, a laptop bag containing an external hard drive from Dr. Adkins’ office was stolen. The hard drive…
Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities Notifies 5,228 Residents of Data Security Incident
ROCKVILLE, MD – January 19, 2018 – Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities, Inc. (“Ingleside”) has become aware of a data security incident that may have involved the protected health information of our residents. Although at this time there is no evidence of any attempted or actual misuse of anyone’s information as a result…
Medical practice turns away patients due to Allscripts incident
You read press releases and sometimes, you wonder whether the entity is downplaying the impact. Anyway, I had been semi-following the reporting on the Allscripts ransomware attack and was almost believing that this was limited impact. Almost. Until I read Mike Brookbank’s reporting. It begins: It is some of the most intimate information about ourselves….
A.G. Schneiderman Announces Settlement With Aetna Over Privacy Breach Of New York Members’ HIV Status
I covered the news of this settlement last week, but note that in the process of investigating this breach, the attorney general’s office discovered a previous breach, too: NEW YORK – Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced a settlement with Aetna Inc. (“Aetna”), following claims that Aetna revealed the HIV status of approximately 2,460 New…