Tom Negovan reports: He raves about the medical care he’s received at Loyola University Medical Center, but a heart transplant patient says he can’t believe the hospital allowed his personal information to be compromised. Worse still, 63-year-old Vincent Cherry says, administrators are doing nothing to help. He was notified earlier this month that a Loyola…
Category: Health Data
UK: Charities breached data rules over unencrypted computer thefts
The ICO issued the following press release: Sheffield-based charity Asperger’s Children and Carers Together (ACCT) and Nottingham-based charityWheelbase Motor Project both breached the Data Protection Act by failing to encrypt computers that contained sensitive information relating to young people, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said today. Both incidents occurred when the devices were stolen. Asperger’s Children…
NZ: Patient files stolen from staffer's car
Stacey Kirk reports: Confidential patient files have been stolen from a MidCentral District Health Board staff member’s car and the board is calling for the documents to be returned. The car was broken into on Pascal St, Palmerston North, some distance from Palmerston North Hospital, but MidCentral spokesman Dennis Geddis said it was “common procedure”…
Leader Of Prescription Fraud Scheme Sentenced For Health Care Fraud HIPAA Violations And Aggravated Identify Theft
U.S. District Judge C. Lynwood Smith Jr. today sentenced Isaac Earl Smith, 38, of Pleasant Grove to six years in prison for his part in a prescription fraud scheme. Between September 2008 and April 2009, Smith engaged in a criminal conspiracy to commit health care fraud that resulted in HIPAA violations and aggravated identity theft….
Five more breaches recently revealed on HHS's breach tool
Recent updates to HHS’s breach tool reveal a few more breaches that did not show up in the media and other sources I routinely search: The Community Action Partnership of Natrona County in Wyoming notified HHS of a breach involving unauthorized access to the information of 15,000 clients. There apparently was a notice on their…
Ca: Stolen hard drive contained pain patients’ sensitive information
Pamela DiPinto the Edmonton Journal reports: A portable hard drive containing backup copies of 1,000 Alberta Health Services’ Central Alberta Pain and Rehabilitation Institute client records was stolen recently from a clinic in Lacombe, the AHS revealed Friday. An unconfirmed number of non-AHS patients at the Lacombe clinic are also affected by the breach. The…