Mansfield News Journal in Ohio reports: Area Agency on Aging serving several area counties said today that a laptop containing personal health information of thousands of clients was stolen two weeks ago from a vehicle. According to a press release from the Ohio District 5 office, the computer was assigned to a PASSPORT case manager and held…
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(update) NHS North Central London deny risk to patients over data loss
David Hardman reports that NHS North Central London claims there is a “very low risk” patients could be identified from the data on a laptop stolen from London Health Programmes that contained information on 8.63 million patients: One of the computers contained large amounts of personal details – according to a national newspaper it held…
Boulder Community Hospital involved in nurse ID theft case
Add Boulder Community Hospital to the Colorado hospitals whose patients had their information acquired and misused by a contract nurse. Jeffrey Wolf reports: The 9Wants to Know investigators have learned Cannon Tubb is also accused of rifling through patient records at Boulder Community Hospital. Tubb is awaiting extradition from Texas to face a 90-count felony…
Patients warned of data theft after burglary at Mill Valley doctor’s office
A reader kindly reminded me that I had posted something to PHIprivacy.net that probably should have been posted here as well, so here we go…. Will Jason reports: Patients at a Mill Valley medical office have been warned that credit card numbers and other personal information may have been compromised after a computer was…
(update) Platte Valley Medical Center statement about alleged identity theft
June 16, 2011 (Brighton, CO) ?? Platte Valley Medical Center (PVMC) is undertaking an internal investigation into alleged identity theft by a former contract agency nurse who was engaged by PVMC from May 2010 to January 13, 2011. He was terminated by the hospital on that date for cause. That cause is unrelated to the…
Patients warned of data theft after burglary at Mill Valley doctor’s office
Will Jason reports: Patients at a Mill Valley medical office have been warned that credit card numbers and other personal information may have been compromised after a computer was stolen in a recent burglary. “Many of our patient’s (sic) personal data was stolen including credit card information,” Dr. Morgan Camp wrote in an email sent…