Kate Aubusson reports: More than 700 public patients have had their privacy breached and potential delays in their follow up care after more than 1600 medical letters were found dumped in Sydney bin. NSW Health is investigating the incident involving a sub-contractor for a company tasked with transcribing medical letters sent from specialists to general practitioners,…
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No Business Associate Agreement? $31K Mistake
From HHS: The Center for Children’s Digestive Health (CCDH) has paid the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $31,000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule and agreed to implement a corrective action plan. CCDH is a small, for-profit health care provider with…
Amedisys Home Health notifies patients after shredding bins found off-site
Amedisys Home Health of Fayetteville was recently informed that two bins used for collecting shredded materials from the Fayetteville care center were found in an enclosure behind a local business, and did not reach the vendor’s intended destination to a secure shredding facility. Read more on The Montgomery Herald.
Virginia Mason Memorial hospital notifies 419 patients after employees snooped in their records
Molly Rosbach reports: Virginia Mason Memorial hospital sent out letters last week to 419 of its past emergency room patients, alerting them of a privacy violation. A routine internal audit revealed that from roughly October to January, 21 employees at the hospital had improperly accessed those patients’ records. Read more on The Yakima Herald. A…
New York State Inspector General Announces Arrest Of Psychiatrist Charged With Falsifying Inmate Patient Medical Records
April 14 – New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott announced the arrest of Morales D. Brown, a psychiatrist working for the New York State Office of Mental Health at its Central New York Psychiatric Center, on charges he stole over $6,524 from New York State by submitting falsified time and attendance records. Additionally,…
USF issues substitute notice after email error exposed names and email addresses
The University of South Florida (“USF”) is posting this substitute notice in a good faith attempt to notify those affected individuals for whom we have insufficient or out-of-date contact information that precludes written notification. We take individuals’ privacy very seriously and we are addressing this matter expeditiously to ensure the trust of our patients and…