From their public notice: On March 1, 2018, the offices of Complete Family Medicine, LLC were burglarized. Later the same day, Complete Family Medicine discovered that the perpetrators stole numerous items including a computer component of a medical device used to conduct EKGs and uncashed patient checks that were stored in a locked safe. Law…
Category: Theft
Data breach could impact some patients of medical lab chain with Alabama locations
Connor Sheets reports: A data breach may have resulted in the exposure of the personal and protected health information of patients of a medical lab chain with multiple Alabama locations. American Esoteric Laboratories announced Friday that it had become aware of a “data security incident” that could impact patients’ data security. An AEL employees’ company-issued laptop was…
More than 100 Iditarod volunteers’ personal information potentially compromised
KTUU is reporting that more than 100 Iditarod race volunteers may have had their personal details on a computer that was stolen on March 11. Chas St. George, the Chief Operations Officer of the ITC, says a race volunteer had their car stolen, inside the car was a password protected laptop and thumb drive containing personal…
Chesapeake Regional Healthcare notifies 2,100 sleep center patients of medical record breach
Elizabeth Simpson reports: Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is notifying 2,100 patients from the hospital’s sleep center program that some of their electronic health information might have been compromised. Two portable hard drives were reported missing from the hospital’s sleep center on Feb. 6, which prompted contacting law enforcement, according to a Friday news release from the…
Wisconsin Department of Health Services and The Management Group Announce Breach of Information
The Department of Health Services (DHS) and The Management Group (TMG) are notifying IRIS participants of a breach of information due to theft of a laptop and a work bag of a TMG IRIS Consultant on February 5. TMG mailed notifications to 779 participants on April 3 who received services from TMG who have potentially…
Oklahoma man pleads guilty to using stolen medical records for identity theft
KXII reports: One of two men suspected of of using stolen medical records to commit identity theft has pleaded guilty in federal court. 34-year-old Robert Bond of Thackerville pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft. Read more on KXII. The report doesn’t indicate from where the medical records were stolen,…