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….
Category: Health Data
Reznick Group Notified of Potential Security Breach At Former Employee Benefits Service Provider, AssureCare Risk Management
Reznick Group, a top 20 national CPA firm, today announced that it has been informed by AssureCare Risk Management, Inc. (“ARM”), the former service provider of Reznick Group’s employee benefits plan from 2001-2006, that ARM has suffered a security breach of its computer server that may affect former and current Reznick Group employees and their…
IE: Medical records found in Roscommon bin
The HSE is to investigate claims that the private medical records of dozens of patients were found in a bin outside Roscommon County Hospital. A report in the Roscommon People newspaper says the files include the names and addresses of patients, as well as details of their medical conditions and their doctors. The records apparently…
UK: MP and councillor hit out at owners of The Knoll
Kathie Griffiths reports: A probe was under way last night after highly-confidential medical files and records were found dumped in the grounds of an abandoned nursing home in Bradford. Among the personal information scattered in piles of rubbish at The Knoll at Thackley were care plans, detailed health assessments and poignant photos of residents who…
UK: Unencrypted laptops with patient data stolen from Harley Street Clinic results in undertaking
There was no press release on this one, but the UK’s ICO had HCA International Limited sign an undertaking following the theft of two unencrypted laptops from a hospital in March. According to the statement: The Information Commissioner (the ‘Commissioner’) was provided with a report of the theft, in March 2011, of two unencrypted laptops containing…
Update: Health Net data breach affected more Oregonians than previously thought
Brent Hunsberger reports that Health Net has sent out corrected notifications following the discovery of missing drives in January: Health Net Inc. said a data breach discovered in January affected more people than originally thought and that it had erred in telling thousands of former and current members that their Social Security numbers were not…