John Penney reports: A Norwich man received a letter from The William W. Backus Hospital on Saturday informing him of a possible data breach involving several pieces of sensitive patient information, one of more than 300 patients the hospital sent similar notifications to this month. Kenneth Keely Jr., of Williams St. provided the The Bulletin with…
Category: Health Data
NY: Winthrop-University Hospital worker charged with stealing patients’ personal information, cops say
Ellen Yan reports that Jasmine Sanchez, 33, an accounts representative at Winthrop-University Hospital, was arrested for stealing at least 11 patients’ personal information, including Social Security numbers. Read more on Newsday (sub. req.)
How is this type of breach still happening in the Veterans Administration system?
I thought the Veterans Administration system had taken steps to ensure that people could not forward/send emails with protected health information outside the system. Yet an incident in Texas that was included in the VA’s July report to Congress shows that this still occurs. The VA’s summary of the incident for July 23rd notes: As…
NSUH Identify Theft Lawsuit Narrowed to One Negligence Claim
Joel Stashenko reports: A Queens judge has severely limited the basis on which former patients at the North Shore University Hospital may sue over a security breach they blame for the thefts of their identities. Supreme Court Justice Robert McDonald dismissed 10 of their 11 claims, finding in large part that the alleged violations of federal or…
VA: Carilion Clinic employees disciplined for violating patient privacy in high-profile case
Luanne Rife reports: Carilion Clinic has fired or disciplined more than a dozen employees after they peered into a patient’s medical records without any clinical reason for doing so. Carilion declined to say how many of the 14 employees — 11 in the New River Valley and three in Roanoke — were fired, but said…
Visionworks Settles Maryland AG Charges Over Data Breaches
Attorney General Brian E. Frosh today announced that the Office of the Attorney General Consumer Protection Division entered into a settlement agreement with Visionworks, LLC, resolving an investigation into two data breaches the company experienced in 2014 that affected more than 72,000 Marylanders. Visionworks failed to properly secure consumers’ personal information while upgrading to fully encrypted…