Julie McKinnon reports: Mercy Wednesday revealed that unsecured copies of parts of more than 1,000 patient medical and employee records were left at the former Riverside Hospital after the facility was sold in 2003, although it does not appear they were inappropriately used. The hospital system was notified in late November about the files that…
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NZ: Confidential medical letters found in rubbish
Residents of the Claudelands area of Hamilton East are being urged to contact Waikato Hospital if they find any medical referral letters in their rubbish. Waikato District Health Board has launched an investigation into how the letters ended up in rubbish, due for collection near the Claudelands Bridge, on Christmas Eve. Health Waikato chief operating…
(follow-up) Ca: Defence confirms breach of medical information of Forces personnel
Alison Auld of The Canadian Press provides an update to a breach previously mentioned on this blog: Defence officials are reviewing the medical records of several Forces personnel after an investigation showed their personal health information was mistakenly placed in a veteran’s military medical file. Maj. Cindy Tessier said the file belonging to navy veteran…
Laptop with medical information on 3,159 Mankato Clinic patients stolen
A laptop computer with personal and medical information on more than 3,000 Mankato Clinic patients was stolen nearly two months ago. […] The breach did not include the Mankato Clinic’s electronic health records. The laptop was in the car of a registered nurse and stolen sometime between Nov. 1 an Nov. 2. Clinic officials were…
HHS breach tool reveals two more breaches
In addition to the Cook County HHS breach reported in a separate entry and in addition to a few breaches that were already revealed in the media, the most recent update to HHS’s breach tool reveals two other breaches recently reported to them: Zarzamora Family Dental Care in San Antonio,Texas reported that 800 patients were…
Computer stolen from Cook County Health & Hospitals System contained patient data
Cook County Health & Hospitals System in Illinois has notified the U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services that 556 patients had data on a computer that was stolen on or about November 1. Although the report to HHS indicates “theft,” CCHHS posted a notice on their web site yesterday that refers to a missing…