In the second of two undertakings announced by the Information Commissioner’s Office on April 11, the Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence (CHRE) was found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act after the possible loss of documents from complaint review files containing sensitive personal data. The ICO notes, however, that “due to weaknesses…
Category: Health Data
UK: Medical histories of children and birth mothers lost in move – NHS Liverpool Community Health
In one of two undertakings announced by the Information Commissioner’s Office, NHS Liverpool Community Health indicated that it had breached the Data Protection Act (DPA) by losing papers relating to the medical history of both 31 preschool children and their birth mothers during a premises move in October 2010. The ICO’s investigation found that NHS…
CO: Dentist leaves patient information in outside trashcan
Longmont – Medical records that contained patients’ private information have now been secured after 9NEWS warned a Longmont dentist that the non-shredded documents were sitting in a publically accessible trash can. The documents were found Sunday morning by a man looking for scrap metal in downtown Longmont. Stan Harvey called 9NEWS after finding the documents…
CO: Dentist leaves patient information in outside trashcan
Longmont – Medical records that contained patients’ private information have now been secured after 9NEWS warned a Longmont dentist that the non-shredded documents were sitting in a publically accessible trash can. The documents were found Sunday morning by a man looking for scrap metal in downtown Longmont. Stan Harvey called 9NEWS after finding the documents…
Hampton woman charged with identity theft to get treatment & Oxycodone-type pills at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville
Another case involving medical identity theft. Frank Mustac reports: A Grand Jury indicted a 32-year-old Hampton woman on charges connected with using the name and Social Security number of someone else to get treatment at Somerset Medical Center and to obtain Percocet pills, an Oxycodone-type medication, the Somerset County Prosecutor Office announced yesterday. Read more…
Patient data stolen from Philadelphia’s Family Planning Council
Robert Moran reports: The Family Planning Council in Philadelphia made public Friday that a computer storage device containing the personal and medical records of about 70,000 patients was stolen in December and remains missing. The theft was blamed on a former worker whose employment ended Dec. 28, the day the theft was discovered and reported…