Jennie Trejo reports: Allergy, Asthma & Immunology of the Rockies, P.C. (AAIR), a full-service allergy clinic, found evidence of ransomware on its computer systems on May 16. […] Kari Hershey, an attorney for AAIR, said the disturbance was first noticed when they had trouble accessing a few of the documents. […] “They weren’t able to…
Category: Health Data
Ca: Physician’s certificate of registration suspended for 5 months, slapped with $5,000 fine over breaches
Jeffrey Ougler reports: The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario has found that Dr. Douglas Brooks committed an act of professional misconduct. The college charged in June 2015 that the Sault Ste. Marie physician “inappropriately, and without consent,” accessed health records of two patients, and acted as coroner in all, or part, of the…
Still ignoring the smaller paper breaches? Stop.
Add this to your “small breaches, big impact” analyses. As seen on the New Zealand Herald: A doctor’s office disclosed a patient’s childhood abuse when a letter was sent to the person’s neighbour accidentally. The incident happened when the patient told their GP about past abuse, who referred them on to counselling to help work…
Planned Parenthood: Potential Patient Records Breach in Dubuque
On May 6, 2016, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland discovered a potential breach of patients’ personal health information. Hard copy patient records from August 1, 2008 – April 30, 2014 may have been accessed by unauthorized parties during the April 2016 closure and subsequent sale of our Dubuque health care center. This potential breach is…
UK: NHS seeks cure for its costly digital headache
Gill Hitchcock reports: This May two NHS trusts were fined almost £400,000 for failing to protect confidential information. Chelsea and Westminster revealed the email addresses of HIV service users, while Blackpool teaching hospitals published private information about thousands of staff online. But are these incidents simply isolated sloppiness or a growing problem as the NHS digitises its records?…
Texas podiatrist pleads not guilty to fraud, identity theft
Field Walsh reports: Local podiatrist Gregg Petty pleaded not guilty to fraud and identity theft at a hearing Wednesday in a Texarkana federal court. Petty, 52, appeared for arraignment with Texarkana attorney Thomas Johnson in the Texarkana Division of the Eastern District of Texas. Johnson entered pleas of not guilty on Petty’s behalf to 22…