Beth Walsh writes: A House Democrat seeks a hearing to investigate the recent data breach at Community Health Ssytems which impacted 4.5 million patients. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), who is the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, wrote to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) asking…
Category: Health Data
UK: ICO will take no futher action against ambulance service
The Daily Echo has a follow-up on a previously noted breach: A watchdog will take no further action against South Central Ambulance Service (SCAS) after personal details of its staff were accidentally posted online. Confidential details including sexuality, ethnicity and religion of nearly 3,000 of its staff were mistakenly published on the service’s website in October. Now the…
Mississippi woman sentenced for role in stolen identity fraud case
This may be related to another prosecution previously noted on this blog, even though this defendant was not listed as one of the co-conspirators in that case: Ciara Gooden, age 24, of Jackson, was sentenced this week to 30 months for conspiracy to defraud the United States. Gooden previously pled guilty to her role in…
Peterborough lawsuit to set precedent for Ontario patient privacy rights
Joel Eastwood reports: Patients looking for answers after a string of privacy breaches at GTA hospitals must wait on a lawsuit in Peterborough that could have sweeping implications for all Ontario hospitals. The class action suit against Peterborough Regional Health Centre will determine whether a patient can sue a hospital for invasion of privacy. A similar lawsuit…
AltaMed Health Services notifies 2,995 patients whose information accessed by rogue temporary employee for identity theft
As part of its ongoing commitment to privacy and data security, AltaMed Health Services is notifying affected individuals of a recent incident that may affect the security of their personal and protected health information. The organization learned from local law enforcement of an ongoing criminal investigation of a former AltaMed temporary employee, and other individuals…
OCR Fines Are the Least of Your Worries in a HIPAA Related Breach
Art Gross argues that OCR fines should be the least of your worries. Read his comments on EMR & HIPAA. Do you agree?