Several medical groups in Massachusetts were notified by their hosting service, Clearpoint Design, Inc., that a dedicated server on Hosting.com was hacked on October 18, 2012. The practices affected were South Shore Medical Center, who notified 4,100 patients, Harbor Medical Associates, P.C., who notified 4,343 patients, and Child & Family Psychological Services, Inc., who notified 7,250 patients….
Category: Health Data
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust's appeal of ICO's breach penalty dismissed
Back in May, I noted that the Information Commissioner’s Office in the U.K. had issued a fine of £90,000 to Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust after the trust had misdirected faxes containing sensitive information on 45 occasions during the previous year. The trust immediately announced it planned to appeal. Today, Robin Hopkins of Panopticon reports that the…
6,000 patients to be notified after UDOH contractor loses drive with unencrypted PHI
The Utah Department of Health reported another breach today. This time, blame an employee of their contractor, Goold Health Systems, who violated policy by transferring PHI to an unencrypted USB drive which was lost during travel. The drive contained about 6,000 patients’ names, Medicaid numbers, ages, and recent prescription history.
B.C. ministry says millions affected by health-data breach
The issue of privacy breaches involving improper sharing of PHI with researchers has mushroomed for the B.C. Health Ministry: The personal-health data of more than five million British Columbians has been accessed without proper authorization, and in the most serious cases, the provincial government says it will notify more than 38,000 individuals of the breaches…
Washington University School of Medicine notifies surgery patients of breach
Washington University School of Medicine is notifying surgery patients of a breach: Washington University takes seriously the protection of our patients’ health information. Regrettably, this notice is regarding a recent incident involving some of that information. On November 29, 2012, Washington University learned that a physician’s laptop computer was stolen on November 28, 2012 from…
Patients’ personal information found in dumpster outside dentist’s office
Tammi Vigil reports on a breach in Aurora, Colorado: A viewer sent FOX31 a tip about medical records tossed in the trash at Southlands in Aurora. In a place where people shop, some of the most priceless items lie unprotected in this dumpster. “They should throw all this stuff inside a shredder you know,” says…