Taylor Katz reports that Hillsborough County Health Dept. issued a press release about a breach. The notice is not readily available on the department’s web site at the time of this posting, but as posted by WSTP.com: “The Hillsborough County Health Department is informing the public about a breach of client information. The breach of…
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NYU Langone Medical Center notifies 8,400 neurosurgery patients that stolen computer may contain patient health info
NEW YORK, July 23, 2012 – NYU Langone Medical Center notified patients this week that a desktop computer containing personal health information was discovered stolen from the Faculty Group Practice office of John G. Golfinos, MD, chair of the Department of Neurosurgery on May 23, 2012. Although the computer was not encrypted, it was password…
TX: Angelina County Woman Guilty Of HIPAA Violations
LUFKIN, Texas – A 33-year-old Lufkin, Texas woman has pleaded guilty to federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales today. Joneshia Cranford pleaded guilty on July 20, 2012, to wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information before U.S. Magistrate Judge Zack Hawthorn. According to information presented in court,…
And yet more updates to HHS's breach tool
HHS added another batch of reports to its breach tool last week. Here are the ones I hadn’t known about already from either the media or reports to state attorneys general: Upper Valley Medical Center,OH,,”15,000″,10/01/2010-03/21/2012,Unauthorized Access/Disclosure,Other,7/3/2012,, The breach went on for over one year? There doesn’t seem to be any media coverage of this breach,…
Patient information may have been breached after laptop stolen at Beth Israel Deaconess
Kay Lazar reports: Approximately 3,900 Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center patients will be getting letters alerting them that some of their personal health information may have been breached after a physican’s personal laptop computer was stolen from a hospital office. The theft occurred May 22, hospital officials said Friday, and the stolen laptop, which contained…
Maine: DHHS mailing error exposes personal information
Leslie Bridgers reports: A glitch in the Department of Health and Human Services’ computer system exposed the personal information of public assistance applicants, including Social Security and bank account numbers. Information from 31 applications submitted online was sent out between December and June to 39 random addresses in the department’s system, said Dale Denno, director of…