I had missed this case every time it appeared in the media, it seems, but the Times Argus reported on November 10 that a former employee at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center was sentenced for snooping into the records of her husband’s ex-wife on numerous occasions: After an emotional hearing, a judge sentenced a woman who…
Category: Health Data
CT: Bag stolen from car in September contained data from Soundental Associates
The New Haven Register reports: A bag stolen from a car in September contained data from a local dentist office, but the business said Monday that patients’ privacy has not been compromised. The bag contained personal items and back-up media cartridges from Soundental Associates P.C. that were being taken to an off-site storage location. It…
Safe stolen from Dayton chiropractic office
NewsTalkRadioWHIO reports: A chiropractic office was broken into early Monday morning and reportedly had a safe and computer stolen. The break in occurred at about 1:30 a.m. at Long Chiropractic, located at 4978 Northcutt Pl., according to a Dayton Police incident report. Thieves broke out a window on the south side of the building and…
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences warns 1,500 patients of breach
Gavin Lesnick reports: UAMS is notifying about 1,500 patients that a former resident doctor who was fired in 2010 improperly kept medical records containing some personal information. The hospital said in a statement that the doctor violated policy when she kept documents containing information including patient names, partial addresses, medical record numbers, dates of birth,…
Follow-up: Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust data breach fine reduced for timely payment
In June, Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust were hit with a £325,000 monetary penalty for a data protection breach. Rebecca Todd reports that they ultimately paid £260,000, a 20% “savings” for prompt payment that is offered to those being fined.
CHRISTUS St. John reports patient information breach
Through the law firm of Baker & Hostetler, CHRISTUS St. John Hospital notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office of a breach involving unencrypted patient information on a lost memory stick. The Houston-based hospital learned of the September 25th incident on September 27th, but a search was unsuccessful in recovering the drive, which contained the…