Back in August 2011, Stanford Hospital & Clinics (SHC) disclosed that medical records for 20,000 emergency room patients, including names and diagnosis codes, had been exposed on a public website due to the actions of a former billing contractor’s employee who, seeking help converting the data, had uploaded the file on the “Student of Fortune” website. Both…
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Marian Regional Medical Center notifies patients whose files were sent to the wrong insurance plan
Marian Regional Medical Center (part of Dignity Health) recently notified patients after electronic files with “limited patient information” was sent to the wrong contracted health insurance plan during the first week of March. The agent who received it promptly notified MRMC. According to the letter sent to patients on March 13, the file information included…
Fresenius Medical Care notifies dialysis patients of missing USB drive
In December, Fresenius Medical Care of North America (FMCNA) discovered that a USB drive with patient information was missing from their Robinwood Dialysis Center in Hagerstown, Maryland. The drive had been attached to a computer in the dialysis center. The information on the missing drive varied across patients, but included the patient’s name plus one or…
Breaking up is hard to do, Tuesday edition
Arcadia Home Care & Staffing (Arcadia Health Services, Inc.) is notifying employees that their personnel information, including Social Security numbers and bank account information, is in the hands of a former affiliate who has started a new company that competes with theirs. According to the letter sent to employees, Charles E. Symes, II had previously obtained…
Business associate of Maryland Developmental Disabilities Administration hacked in October
David Dishneau of Associated Press reports: A state-licensed provider of services to developmentally disabled Marylanders says someone stole computerized Social Security and medical information for about 9,700 clients. Frederick-based Service Coordination Inc. said Monday it learned of the security breach in October but didn’t notify affected individuals until Friday. The organization says part of the…
Where there's a breach, there's a lawsuit
Abby Sewell reports: A patient whose personal information was stolen in a break-in at a medical billing contractor’s office in Torrance has filed a class-action lawsuit against the company and Los Angeles County. Two Los Angeles law firms filed a complaint Friday in Superior Court. The suit was initially filed on behalf of a single…