WTVY reports that if a federal judge approves a proposed settlement of a class action lawsuit, more than 1200 patients of Flowers Hospital in Alabama might receive reimbursement for credit monitoring expenses, payment for up to four hours of lost wages dealing with the breach, and a refund of any interest lost due to tax refund…
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Ottawa Hospital fires employee after privacy breach involving 30 patients
Elizabeth Payne reports: A family says they are devastated and are asking for stronger protection measures to be put in place after a breach of patient records at The Ottawa Hospital. The hospital discovered the breach during a routine privacy check earlier this year. Thirty patients have been notified that their health records were improperly…
Ballad Health employee fired after accessing patients’ records without permission
Slater Teague reports: Ballad Health says an employee has been fired for accessing patients’ records without an appropriate reason to do so. The health system says it learned of the data breach on May 28. According to Ballad, the former employee viewed patients’ records, accessing both demographic and clinical information. Read more on WJHL.
New York State investigating ‘inappropriate’ Snapchat posts made by workers at Canandaigua nursing home
WROC reports: The New York State Department of Health is looking into posts shared on Snapchat by staff at Canandaigua nursing home MM Ewing Continuing Care. In a statement, a spokesman from the state Department of Health says, “We are investigating concerns related to an alleged violation of resident’s rights at MM Ewing Continuing Care….
Ca: Personal information of 3 QEH patients compromised by employee: P.E.I. Privacy Commissioner
Steve Bruce reports: An employee at Charlottetown’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital inappropriately accessed the private health information of three patients, according to a new report published by P.E.I.’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. Commissioner Karen Rose’s report on the privacy breach and how it was handled follows a complaint last summer to Health PEI by one of the patients, and a subsequent…
VCU Health System notifies patients of improper access to information
The Progress-Index reports: VCU Health System is notifying about 4,700 individuals that their or their minor child’s electronic health information was inappropriately accessed. There is no indication that the private health information has been or will be used for any malicious purposes. The matter came to light on May 9, when an unusual pattern of…