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Dutch MP who hacked into medical file system to make point about security fined by court

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Dissent

Loek Essers reports: Dutch Member of Parliament (MP) Henk Krol was fined ¬750 (US$1,000) by the district court of Oost-Brabant on Friday for breaking and entering the system of the Dutch medical laboratory Diagnostics for You. Krol said he entered the system as an ethical hacker to show that it was easy to access and…

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Johns Hopkins responds to serious patient privacy breach (update 2)

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Dissent

Justin Fenton, Scott Dance and Jessica Anderson report on a nightmarish privacy breach for patients and a hospital: A Johns Hopkins gynecologist who was being investigated on allegations that he secretly recorded patients was found dead this morning at his home in Baltimore County, police and hospital officials confirmed. The doctor, identified as Nikita A….

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Sierra View District Hospital computers possibly compromised

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Dissent

Esther Avila reports: A possible security breach within Sierra View District Hospital’s network system was identified late Wednesday after the hospital’s Information Technology Department observed unusual activity on the network. “At this time we have no indication that patient information has been compromised,” said Ramona Contreras, hospital spokesperson, on Friday. “However, the hospital is working…

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Heyman HospiceCare notifies patients after laptop stolen from employee's car

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Dissent

The Rome News-Tribune in Georgia reports: Heyman HospiceCare is offering patients who may have had their personal information on a stolen and still-missing laptop a free one-year membership to a credit monitoring service, according to a news release from Floyd Medical Center. According to the news release: A password-protected laptop was stolen Jan. 4 from…

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Ca: West Nile patients told about potential privacy breach

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Dissent

CBC News reports: The Saskatchewan Health Ministry is writing to 58 West Nile virus patients about a potential breach of their private health information. It happened during a health management class in 2005 and 2006 at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology. Up to 140 students in a health information management course were…

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Former Pharmacist Sentenced To 25 Months In Prison For Using Patient And Doctor Names To Create Fraudulent Prescriptions

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Dissent

A former pharmacist from Richmond, Kentucky was sentenced in United States District Court yesterday to 25 months in prison followed by one month of supervised release for aggravated identity theft, fraudulently acquiring controlled substances, and wire fraud. Elizabeth A. Smith, age 30, had previously pleaded guilty in United States District Court to a federal Information…

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