The California Department of Public Health Licensing and Certification Program has been notifying patients that a binder stolen from an employee’s car on May 8th contained their names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and medications.
Category: Health Data
Port Angeles Area Doctor's Office Vandalized; Computers Stolen
A substitute notice by Dr. Robert Witham, M.D., F.A.C.P.: The medical office of Dr. Robert Witham, M.D., F.A.C.P. was burglarized on April 16, 2012. Two computers containing patient information, office and medical equipment and various personal belongings of Dr. Witham were stolen. Port Angeles Police were notified and are conducting their investigations. An independent investigation…
Potential class action targets Emory Healthcare over patient data breach
Emory Healthcare is the target of a potential class action suit seeking unspecified damages over the loss of 10 computer disks containing the personal and health information of hundreds of thousands of patients treated between 1999 and 2007. The suit seeks money damages and financial record monitoring for a class it estimates as including as…
Debt collection firm exposed patient data on P2P network – FTC
An FTC action over P2P file-sharing involves a debt collection firm for hospitals where the P2P issue allowed patient data to be exposed: The FTC has charged two businesses [complaint 1 | complaint 2] with illegally exposing the sensitive personal information of thousands of consumers by allowing peer to peer file-sharing software to be installed on their…
AU: Patient records in the gutter
John Corlett reports: Queensland Health is investigating how a number of highly sensitive medical documents were left lying in a Rockhampton street on Thursday evening. The Morning Bulletin became aware of the security breach after a Rockhampton resident contacted the paper with concerns the documents had not been recovered. The resident, who did not wish…
UK: Breach of privacy at Cupar GP practice
Snooping in the healthcare sector is a serious problem everywhere. The previous blog entry was from Canada. This one is from the U.K. Patients of a Cupar GP practice have expressed shock that someone has been snooping in their private medical records. The incident came to light after Bank Street Medical Group issued letters to…