Category: Health Data

A local hospital is sending letters to patients after hospital officials said a computer with personal information was stolen. Excela Health officials said the computer was taken from its Jeannette Campus. Officials from the hospital said the computer was used in the Radiology department and contained patient’s name, date of birth and type of exam…

Charles Ornstein reports: UCLA Health System in Los Angeles has agreed to pay the federal government $865,000 to resolve allegations that its employees violated federal patient privacy laws by snooping in the medical records of two celebrity patients. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, between 2005 and 2008, unauthorized UCLA employees repeatedly…

The other day they were claiming that there was no personal data involved, so I didn’t even mention the incident on my blogs.  What a difference a day makes. Matt Franklin reports: Personal information of almost 2,000 Hurley Medical Center patients may be in the wrong hands this afternoon because the hospital says it is…

Another undertaking in the U.K. quietly posted to the ICO’s web site without fanfare, relates to the loss of documents by a barrister, Raisa Saley. The facts of the case, as summarized in the undertaking: The Information Commissioner (the ‘Commissioner’) was informed by the data controller that she had lost a bundle of court papers while…

A press release dated July 6 – admirably prominently posted from the medical center’s home page – says: TROY, Ala. (July 6, 2011) – Troy Regional Medical Center (TRMC) has notified certain patients of a data theft incident involving unauthorized access and removal of some of their personal information. TRMC is conducting a comprehensive investigation…