Category: Health Data

Meanwhile, in New Zealand, Joelle Dally reports on a case similar in some respects to cases I’ve recently mentioned on this blog involving Northern Inyo Hospital and the Guthrie clinic: The Canterbury District Health Board appears to have reached a deal to avoid legal action over a doctor’s 2007 privacy breach. The case could have…

And speaking of how much a health care facility can do about a rogue employee and whether they are responsible or liable, there is an update to a case I first noted here in 2011 involving a Guthrie Healthcare System clinic in Corning, New York. In that case, a nurse willfully disclosed a patient’s information on…

I recently noted a privacy breach at Northern Inyo Hospital in California. It was one of those “small breaches” (i.e., less than 500 affected) that don’t get reported on HHS’s  public-facing breach tool, but it really created distress for its victim. In discussing the breach, I noted my surprise at a statement  the patient made…

Friday, November 8, 2013 Raleigh, N.C. – In 2009, pursuant to Executive Order No. 4, Governor Beverly Perdue directed the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) to build and maintain NC OpenBook in order to create a searchable website on State spending for grants and contracts. The Perdue Administration then began posting information in NC…

There goes my weekend. HHS just added 29 breach reports to its breach tool. I’ll try to have some information on their report over the weekend.

Jodi Schellenberg reports: Another reporting error has been made — but this one isn’t the Prince Albert Parkland Health Region’s fault. The eHealth Saskatchewan, the Treasury Board Crown Corporation responsible for the implementation of the provincial electronic health record, mistakenly faxed 18 results in the province to a private residence. Out of those results, one…