Update 2 (March 12). Because Anthem gave me the run-around instead of a straightforward answer, I asked a mainstream reporter from a large news outlet to pose the question to them. He managed to get an answer: Anthem is notifying all impacted members. The letters are being mailed as we speak. Because of the volume…
Category: Health Data
MI: Indictments issued in Blue Cross Blue Shield identity theft case
Dustin Blitchok reports on another insider breach at a HIPAA-covered entity: Eleven suspects were indicted on multiple identity theft-related charges Tuesday by the Detroit district attorney’s office in a case that accuses them of stealing the personal information of Blue Cross Blue Shield subscribers and using it to apply for credit and purchase merchandise in…
TX: Nassau Bay nurse accused of stealing hospital employees’ information
Anoushah Rasta reports: A Houston-area nurse has been arrested and charged with credit card abuse for allegedly stealing personal information and using it to open credit cards in other people’s names. Toni McGragh Terry, 44 is accused of stealing the personal information of hospital employees and possibly of patients. Police would not reveal the name…
Ca: Privacy officer accused of trying to block investigation into hospital breach
Olivia Carville reports: A privacy analyst at Trillium Health Centre is being investigated by Ontario’s privacy commissioner and his own hospital over allegations he tried to block an investigation by the provincial watchdog into a privacy breach. Earlier this year, Trillium Health Centre mistakenly mailed a patient medical record to a wellness clinic in Halton…
UK: ICO orders Hartlepool based NHS Trust to review data protection
From the Information Commissioner’s Office, this enforcement notice: North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust has been ordered by the ICO to review its data protection policy after a file containing sensitive patient information was found at a bus stop. It was one of a number of incidents over the last year which resulted in data being…
Ca: Pharmacy reused prescription bottles, left old Rx labels under new ones
CTV reports: A Toronto woman says she peeled back the labels on her medication bottles and found other people’s prescriptions behind them. Sarah Attwell says she noticed the labels were very thick after picking up her five prescriptions from a local Shoppers Drug Mart. “When I investigated and pulled the labels off, I noticed they’re…