Matthew Patane reports that Rocky Mountain Spine Clinic announced Wednesday that a former employee was fired after creating a document with PHI on 532 patients that she sent to her personal email account. The document contained patient names, insurance company information and tracked patient surgeries. The employee, who worked for the clinic’s billing department, said she…
Category: Health Data
California Correctional Health Care Services notifies inmates of data breach
California Correctional Health Care Services has notified inmates of a privacy breach that occurred on June 19: On June 19, 2013, dental records were reported missing from a California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) staff member’s possession while off the premises of a correctional institution. The missing documents contained information such as patient name, CDCR…
Final Report on FSSA Security Breach
Michael C. Fehn reports: The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration has announced the final results of the investigation into last month’s information breach. A review of all documents related to the investigation revealed 16 clients had their full social security numbers shared, while nearly 50 other clients had other types of personal information disclosed. …
TX: Hospital billing error exposes private medical information
Joel Eisenbaum reports: Houston Methodist Hospital will take unspecified “corrective action” following a Local 2 investigation. Our report uncovered a billing error that put the private medical information of four people into the hands of a stranger. The compromised private information of those patients included: names, addresses, hospital account numbers, dates of procedures, types of…
Ca: Mounties accused of privacy breach in handing over medical records
The RCMP is accused of violating the privacy of several of its members by handing over their personal medical records in a dispute with a B.C. psychologist. The Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada filed a complaint today asking the federal privacy commissioner to investigate. The association claims the information was disclosed to B.C.’s College…
Former Boca Raton Regional Hospital employee sentenced to jail for identity theft
Brian Bandell reports the sentencing of two involved in the Boca Raton Regional Hospital breach reported previously on this blog: A former employee of Boca Raton Regional Hospital was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing patient records as part of a tax refund fraud scheme. Shalamar Major, of Deerfield Beach, was a scheduler at the hospital….