Category: Health Data

Connextions, a technology and solutions provider providing call-center services for health insurers, reportedly had a long-running breach that affected over 4,800 patients insured by Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Indiana, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ohio, and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield of Indiana. According to HHS’s breach tool, which first made me…

Jon Alexander reports: The medical records of more than 2,300 Glens Falls Hospital patients were stored for more than four months on an unprotected computer server, and the hospital’s investigation into whether the sensitive information was illicitly accessed is ongoing. The hospital announced Thursday that a forensic audit determined that an outside records contractor, Portal…

A man is being accused of racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical services while using another person’s identification. Kenneth A. Marshall, 41, is charged with identity theft, receiving stolen property and obstructing official business. Marshall allegedly gained possession of a stolen license six years ago in Terre Haute, Ind. Officials at the…

Hospice of Alamance Caswell and LifePath Home Health notified approximately 5,370 current and past patients, or their next of kin, about a breach of unsecured personal patient protected health information after an incident occurred at their office. During the early morning hours of February 24, 2013, there was a break-in at their main office building…

The missing USB key with information on 25,000 patients at Montfort Hospital was found on March 27, and turned in to the hospital by the individual who found it. Now what happens with the planned lawsuit?

Patients at Royal Bolton Hospital aren’t the only U.K. patients to recently have their confidential information wind up in a street. Matt Mears of CapitalFM reports that information on 16 pediatric patients at Royal Oldham Hospital was found more than 40 miles away in Liverpool. C’mon, folks, get it together. This type of lax security…