There’s a new Ponemon study out today, “Health Data at Risk in Development: A Call for Data Masking.” I haven’t read it yet, but you can read the press release from Informatica on The Medical News for a quick overview of the survey.
Category: Health Data
Veterans Administration December report to Congress
I was just reading through the VA’s Monthly Report to Congress of Data Incidents for the period Nov 29, 2010 – Jan 2, 2010. Apart from the usual reports about mis-mailings and the like, I noticed two incidents worth noting here: Incident Summary – White River Junction, VT: A Dartmouth owned thin client device located in…
Lawyer charged by Texas Commission for contacting Memorial Hermann patients – but how did he get their info?
A disciplinary case out of Texas, reported on Courthouse News, raises a question as to whether there was a privacy breach by an employee of Memorial Hermann in Texas: The Commission for Lawyer Discipline wants Raymond Lamar Fisher reprimanded, suspended or disbarred. It claims a hospital reported that its patients’ rooms had received 1,009 telephone…
OR: Computers Stolen From Bend Ophthamology
Homa Quazilbash of KTVZ reports that 5 desktop and laptop computers were stolen from Bend Ophthamology in a smash and grab. The practice is located in the Pilot Butte Medical Clinic in Bend. No indication of whether there was any protected health information on the computers, but it’s pretty likely that there was. As of today,…
Three other breaches you may not have known about
In addition to other blog entries posted today, a recent update to HHS’s breach tool indicates three more reports that have not been reported in the media: Southern Perioperative Services, P.C. in Alabama reported that 2,000 patients had PHI on a device that was stolen on or about November 17. Their web site is parked and…
Benefit Resources notifies 16,200 of lost device with PHI
A recent update to HHS’s breach tool indicates that Benefit Resources, Inc. in South Carolina reported a breach involving the PHI of 16,200 patients. The incident reportedly occurred on or about November 22 and was coded by HHS as the loss/other of a “portable electronic device/other.” So far I haven’t found any notice on their web…