Associated Press reports that more than 15,000 X-rays of Henry Ford Health System patients were stolen from a warehouse in May. Read more here. The health system posted a substitute notice on July 16: Henry Ford Health System is notifying patients about their health information after old X-ray films were stolen from a storage warehouse before…
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OR: Samaritan Health investigates improper disposal of medical records
Hundreds of medical records found unshredded in the trash. Again. This time it’s Samaritan Family Medicine Resident Clinic, part of Samaritan Health Services. Police were called but did nothing because, once again, no law was broken. It is disturbing that in 2013, most states still do not have data security or breach laws that include paper…
Govt. moves to dismiss lawsuit over Dorn V.A. laptop breach
The government has moved to dismiss a potential class action lawsuit after the theft of a laptop with PHI from the Dorn V.A. Medical Center. Their argument: plaintiffs have not demonstrated that the information has fallen into the wrong hands or caused any actual harm to plaintiffs. Read more on Main Justice.
California reveals monetary penalties issued to hospitals in 2013 for medical privacy breaches
California’s Department of Public Health (CDPH) has fined nine hospitals this year for failure to prevent unauthorized access to patient medical information, as required by Section 1280.15 of California’s Health and Safety Code. The fines were issued for breaches reported in previous years. Frustratingly, the state’s web page that reports the penalties and underlying reports…
San Jose Medical Supply reports insider breach; sues former employees and two competitors
There are some details I routinely look for in breach reports. So when I saw a breach report yesterday that indicated the breach occurred in August 2011 and wasn’t discovered until June 27, 2013, it caught my eye. According to a letter sent this week to affected customers and patients, San Jose Medical Supply Company…
FL: Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point hospital mailing error exposes patient records
This “human error” thing is getting tiring. Requests from patients for medical records are a routine task for hospitals. “I went to the hospital and was given a form to fill out for medical records,” said Micki Thoms. Thoms asked for her records after undergoing surgery at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in Hudson, and…