Vicky Gayle reports: A midwifery assistant who described herself as nosy snooped into 29 people’s medical records including a man who had taken an overdose and parents of her children’s friends. Brioney Woolfe was reported to the head of midwifery at Colchester General Hospital when someone discovered their medical records had been shared with her…
Category: Health Data
NJ: Documents with sensitive information found in used office furniture
News12 in NJ reports: Hundreds of employment documents with sensitive information were found inside some used office furniture. […] Most of the forms seem to have come from employees at a health group based in New Jersey. News 12 reached out to the company for comment, but did not hear back. Read more on…
NZ: Medical clinic breaches 1000 people’s privacy
Otago Daily Times reports: About 1000 people’s privacy was breached in an email sent out by a medical clinic. Privacy Commissioner John Edwards tweeted about the breach this morning, imploring people to be careful. “Come on people, it’s not rocket surgery!” part of the tweet said. Further information from the commission showed the privacy of…
UK: Patients’ records stolen from Walsall health worker’s car
Mike Woods reports: Patients’ personal therapy records were stolen from the car of a member of staff at Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. The trust has admitted that therapy records of 41 patients and keys were stolen from the boot of a car in June and said it needs to ‘strengthen the processes for transporting patient…
OH: UC Health hospital notifies patients of medical records being compromised
Barrett J. Brunsman reports: The Daniel Drake Center for Post-Acute Care, a hospital affiliated with UC Health, has begun notifying thousands of patients that some of their medical records might have been compromised Drake hospital began mailing letters to 4,721 affected patients on Aug. 1 and has established a call center to address questions. Each…
Data breach class action against health insurer reinstated
If you search this site for CareFirst, you’ll find a lot of coverage of a breach they had in 2014 that was discovered in 2015, and the ensuing litigation. Now Judy Greenwald reports the latest twist and turn on the litigation front: A federal appeals court has reinstated a putative class action lawsuit filed by…