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Prime Healthcare defends its disclosure of patient records – are they begging for a federal and state prosecution or what?

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Dissent

There’s a follow-up to a situation I blogged about earlier this week where a patients’ records were revealed to media by executives of Shasta Regional Medical Center without explicit patient consent. Michael Hiltzik provides an update to his previous coverage: Prime Healthcare has responded, with a letter and a public statement, to my January 4 column about the…

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Server hacked at OSU Medical Center

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Dissent

Encarnacion Pyle reports: Ohio State University Medical Center has notified 30 patients and 150 students that a hacker might have accessed their names, medical information and/or Social Security numbers. Officials said there is no indication that any personal information was taken or that the incident has resulted in identity theft, but they are providing 12…

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Sg: Doctor fined, censured for spying at patients' records

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Dissent

I thought some readers might be interested in how privacy violations are handled in Singapore. From Channel News Asia: A doctor has been fined S$10,000 and censured for accessing the medical records of two patients who were not under his charge. 32-year old Dr Tre’gon Singh Randhawa has also given the Singapore Medical Council a…

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Contractor hit with second class action suit over TRICARE data theft

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Dissent

Bob Brewin reports: TRICARE contractor Science Applications International Corp. was hit with a second class action lawsuit filed in a California state court seeking unspecified monetary damages related to the theft of computer tapes containing the records of 4.9 million health care beneficiaries. The latest suit seeks certification as a class action for all TRICARE beneficiaries in…

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NV: Medical records found near dumpster

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Dissent

Loni Blandford reports about yet another discovery of medical records from a defunct practice or entity just dumped without shredding: From credit cards applications to patient’s name, addresses and even social security numbers. All that information was just sitting next to a dumpster in a parking lot near Buffalo Drive and Washington Avenue. […] There…

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Former Ochsner Medical Center janitor pleads guilty to stealing patient information

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Dissent

Associated Press has a follow-up to a breach previously mentioned on this blog. A Westwego man who worked as a janitor at a New Orleans hospital and his girlfriend have pleaded guilty to charges they used stolen patient information for their personal gain. Federal prosecutors say 50-year-old Clyde Washington was working for Ochsner Medical Center…

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