Thomas J. Morgan reports: A physician who posted information on Facebook that allowed the identification of a patient, and another who has problems with alcohol and marijuana, are among six doctors who have been disciplined by the Rhode Island Board of Medical Licensure and Discipline. The board found Alexandra Thran, of Westerly Hospital, guilty of…
Category: Health Data
Saskatchewan privacy commissioner takes action after more medical records found in dumpsters
Taylor Shire reports: REGINA — Four more cases of medical files being found in dumpsters has prompted the Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner, Gary Dickson, to take action. Records were found in a Saskatoon dumpster on April 6 and materials were found outside a dumpster in northwest Regina two days later. Two other situations of…
University College London Hospital patient data found on unencrypted drive
The University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) has signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office after an unencrypted flash drive with patients’ sensitive personal information was discovered in a training room. Robert Naylor, Chief Executive of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) indicated that the ICO was notified by Brighton and Sussex…
UK: Borough of Poole agrees to strengthen data protection following a series of misdirected faxes
The Borough of Poole has signed an undertaking with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a result of faxing errors. According to the undertaking, signed by John McBride, Chief Executive of the Borough of Poole, faxes containing personal data had been sent to the same incorrect fax number on three separate occasions in 2010. On the first…
Southwest Ambulance reports data breach
Ken Alltucker reports: A former Southwest Ambulance employee took 581 patient records that included the names, financial and medical information from those customers. Southwest Ambulance recovered the records and notified affected customers about the breach of their private medical records. The Mesa-based company said it recently learned the employee took the records after a property…
Ca: Security breach of kids' info raises alarm
Jennifer O’Brien reports: A memory stick containing records of 4,500 kids has gone missing from a speech and hearing clinic at UWO, a thumb-sized example of how ever-smaller digital technology is heightening security risks. Included among the records on the tiny storage device are 11 years worth of names, addresses, phone numbers, birthdates, doctor information,…