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Montfort Hospital says missing USB key with patient info has been found

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Dissent

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?

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UK: Not to be outdone in lax security, Royal Oldham Hospital also has a breach involving patient records

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Dissent

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…

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Details in Statesboro ID Theft Ring Unfold

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Dissent

Meredith Ley of WSAV reports that 23 people, mostly from Georgia, are facing charges in connection with ID theft and tax refund fraud scheme. Authorities with the FBI, Statesboro Police and the IRS believe those involved took names, birthdays, and social security numbers from medical records and used them to submit phony tax returns. U.S….

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More than 14,000 Florida patients notified of breach involving tax refund fraud scheme

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Dissent

Yet another Florida medical facility is notifying patients that their information was compromised by an insider who provided their details to others for a tax refund fraud scheme. According to multiple media sources, the University of Florida is notifying 14,339 patients of the UF&Shands Family Medicine at Main practice that they may have become victims of ID…

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OrthoCare Medical Equipment notifies 93 patients of breach

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Dissent

Have I ever mentioned that I’m old, and I forget things? Thanks to Healthcare IT News for reminding me that I should have mentioned a recent breach involving OrthoCare Medical Equipment, LLC.  I had posted it to DataLossDB.org, but forgot to post it here. On February 14, OrthoCare learned that a binder with 93 patients’ information…

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UK: Royal Bolton Hospital notes found in street

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Dissent

The Bolton News reports that hospital notes with 25 patients’ names, age, medical history, specialist information, mobility, dietary requirement, hygiene, home circumstances and discharge plan were found in a street. The breach itself would be disturbing enough, but the citizen who found the documents experienced problems trying to report the breach – an issue to…

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