Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, notified HHS of a laptop theft on June 7th involving PHI on 712 patients. The hospital posted a public notice on its site on July 11th: Public Notice July 11, 2011 NEW YORK, NY – July 11, 2011 /Press Release/ –– Mount Sinai Multispecialty Physicians Practice announced today…
Category: Health Data
IE: Ballina hospital notes found in refuse bag
The HSE and the Office of Data Protection have launched separate inquiries into the discovery of patient notes from Ballina District Hospital in a refuse bag in the town centre. Patient records from a Ballina District Hospital have been discovered in a refuse bag in the town centre. The Health Service Executive and the Office…
IE: Files stolen from HSE employee’s car
Under fire Health Service Executive (HSE) chiefs were staring at yet another embarrassing controversy last night after private records were stolen in Longford. The Leader has learned the private documents were stolen from a District Health Nurse’s car last Friday afternoon. The records were concealed inside a handbag which was stolen from a car in…
AU: Medical records strewn in abandoned Dore clinic in Hawthorn
Belinda Smith reports: Thousands of children’s medical files from a controversial treatment program for hyperactivity and dyslexia have been left strewn throughout an abandoned clinic in Melbourne’s inner east for the past three years. The files — which include names, dates of birth, home addresses and medication details — were left inside the Dore clinic…
IE: Doctors questioned over security after data breach
Allison Bray reports: Dozens of hospital consultants and doctors are being quizzed by the Data Protection Commissioner over their own security protocols after using an online transcription service that is at the centre of a data security breach scandal. Around 60 consultants and GPs and four hospitals have been sent letters by the commissioner as…
Drive containing info of St. Francis patients lost
Hiran Ratnayake reports: A St. Francis Hospital doctor lost a thumb drive in the spring that contained the unprotected personal health care information of 474 maternity patients. The thumb drive was lost for as long as two weeks and contained the names of the patients and relevant details about their care, St. Francis officials said….