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…
Category: Health Data
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…
Ca: Adding injury to pain: patients' data on stolen drive (update2)
Lacombe police are investigating after a portable hard drive device was stolen from a medical clinic. The hard drive contained back up copies of Alberta Health Services’ Central Alberta Pain & Rehabilitation Institute client records. The device was the property of the Dr. Burnham & Associates Medical Clinic. Read more on CTV.ca. The Lacombe Globe…
MN: Delta Dental Disk with The Smile Center Patient Data on It Stolen Months Ago; No One Notified Patients?! (update1)
Patients at The Smile Center in St. Paul, Minnesota don’t have much to smile about this week. Bill Keller reports on another disturbing breach – one that reportedly occurred four months ago but victims are first being notified now: Delta Dental is announcing that personal information used in a lawsuit between the company and a…
MN: Delta Dental Disk with The Smile Center Patient Data on It Stolen Months Ago; No One Notified Patients?! (update1)
Patients at The Smile Center in St. Paul, Minnesota don’t have much to smile about this week. Bill Keller reports on another disturbing breach – one that reportedly occurred four months ago but victims are first being notified now: Delta Dental is announcing that personal information used in a lawsuit between the company and a…
IN: Thieves may have taken medical records
Okay, here’s a disturbing news item from WISH-TV: Speedway Police say a burglar broke into a storage barn behind the Comfort Dental Offices at 2955 North High School Road, stealing a bicycle and maybe even medical records of dental patients. According to information from police, the intruder broke into the barn late Monday night. Officers…