Category: Health Data

WNEM reports that thousands of medical records were found abandoned in an unused office after the building was sold at auction. Shockingly, when the reporter contacted the state, they did not take steps to secure the information. The station reports: TV5’s Liz Gelardi called the state health department where a spokesperson explained a hospital or…

Sandra Davis reports: A new policy regulating the storage of electronic personal health information will be in place within the next two weeks as a result of the disappearance of a USB memory stick last November at the Saint John Regional Hospital. The memory stick contained personal patient information, including Medicare numbers, of about 1,500…

Lorna Benson reports: Fairview and North Memorial Hospitals are notifying more than 16,000 patients that a laptop containing their personal and medical information was stolen. The laptop belonged to a healthcare services firm that coordinates services for Fairview. The theft occurred on July 25 in the parking lot of a Minneapolis restaurant. The computer contained…

Carly Harrington reports: Documents containing health information of about 750 Summit Medical Group patients was stolen from an employee’s vehicle earlier this month. The records including patient names and diagnoses were taken Sept. 4 when a case containing information about certain Summit patients’ hospital discharges from December 2010 through August 2011 was among items stolen…

Today is the deadline to enroll in free credit monitoring if you are a member of the class involved in a class action lawsuit stemming from a breach in which WellPoint/ Anthem Blue Cross insurance applications were accessible to others. Information on the settlement can be found here. h/t, ABC

A follow-up on  a case reported previously on this blog by Erica Meltzer: A nurse accused of improperly accessing patient records at numerous hospitals in the Denver metro area faces five counts of identity theft and 46 counts of theft of medical records in connection with his time at Boulder Community Hospital between May 2010…