The Associated Press has more on a situation that I mentioned yesterday: A University of Iowa hospital supervisor abruptly left employment Thursday as the school announced it had disciplined two employees over a plan to use a baby monitor to listen to subordinates’ conversations. Pamela Snider, an office coordinator in the Department of Urology, no…
Category: Health Data
(follow-up) Saint Francis Health System Notifies Customers and Patients after Security Breach
On Feb. 12, following up on a lead from HHS’s breach tool, I learned about a breach at Saint Francis – Broken Arrow Hospital in Oklahoma, which I reported on this blog, here. Over a month later, the hospital has issued a press release. It says, in part: Recently, Saint Francis Health System reported security…
Mailing error exposes over 3,000 cancer patients' names to each other
A mailing error resulted in Cancer Care Northwest sending routine mailings that exposed patient names to other patients. A statement on their web site explains: In compliance with federal HIPAA and HITECH Regulations, Cancer Care Northwest is required to notify patients and the media when a breach of information occurs. Cancer Care Northwest became aware…
Papers with patient info stolen from Jefferson Center for Mental Health employee's car
Jefferson Center for Mental Health in Colorado recently notified HHS of a breach affecting 546 patients. A statement on their web site explains: On December 13, 2010, a paper list with brief demographic information was stolen from a locked vehicle. The thief stole a purse containing cash and a work bag of a Jefferson Center…
Update to Ortho Montana incident (revised)
As an update to the report on a missing laptop containing information on patients at Ortho Montana, Ortho Montana did report the incident to HHS. In their notification, they indicated that 37,000 patients were notified of the December 17th incident. A statement on Ortho Montana’s site says: Recently, we learned that a laptop belonging…
Update to Green River District Health Department post
As an update to the blog entry about the Green River District Health Department breach, their breach report to the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (HSS) indicates that 18,871 had their data exposed on the web, not the nine thousand figure reported in the media. GRDHD indicated that they first became aware…