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Lawsuits taking a different tack following healthcare data breaches

Posted on May 31, 2013 by Dissent

Jacob Hale Russell of Thomson Reuters reports that because data breach lawsuits generally get dismissed if plaintiffs cannot show financial harm, lawyers are shifting away from lawsuits based on privacy claims to lawsuits based on theories: But plaintiffs’ lawyers of late have been switching tack: Rather than framing lawsuits stemming from data breaches as privacy…

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Parents, patients notified of potential identity theft incident at University of Florida pediatric clinic

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Dissent

Another insider breach for identity theft. Another case where the entity never detected the breach until notified by law enforcement. An employee working at a University of Florida medical practice who had ties to an identity theft ring may have compromised patient personal and health information. UF is notifying 5,682 patients and parents of patients…

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Oregon Psychiatric Security Review Board breach disclosed

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Dissent

I was reading an article by Yuxing Zheng of The Oregonian , and noticed a reference to a breach involving the state’s Psychiatric Security Review Board that I don’t recall seeing before: The paper and electronic documents were stolen from an employee’s vehicle on May 16, according to a notification letter the board sent the…

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HITRUST confirms a public server was hacked, but no sensitive data involved

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Dissent

Given how many claimed hacks are just — well, let’s just call them flat-out lies — more entities are starting to adopt a verify/confirm first before publishing approach.  Or they’re publishing and then trying to confirm – a less desirable approach, in my opinion. Adopting the latter approach, Softpedia reached out to HITRUST after hackers…

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Sonoma Valley Hospital notifies patients whose information was exposed on the Internet

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Dissent

Sonoma Valley Hospital has disclosed that patient information was exposed on the Internet due to an employee error. The Sonoma Valley Sun reports the breach occurred on February 14, 2013, and involved 1,350 surgery patients’ names, dates of service, procedure, surgeon, hospital charges, and name of insurance company. The hospital did not learn of the breach…

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Jackson Health System notifies 1,407 patients of missing records

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Dissent

Statement from Jackson Health System in Florida: Jackson Health System has conducted an internal investigation regarding several boxes of medical records that are unaccounted for and/or are missing from Jackson Health System Health Information Management (HIM) department. Those 1,407 patients whose personal information was accessed have been notified and offered free credit card fraud protection….

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