June 16, 2011 (Brighton, CO) ?? Platte Valley Medical Center (PVMC) is undertaking an internal investigation into alleged identity theft by a former contract agency nurse who was engaged by PVMC from May 2010 to January 13, 2011. He was terminated by the hospital on that date for cause. That cause is unrelated to the…
Category: Health Data
Patients warned of data theft after burglary at Mill Valley doctor’s office
Will Jason reports: Patients at a Mill Valley medical office have been warned that credit card numbers and other personal information may have been compromised after a computer was stolen in a recent burglary. “Many of our patient’s (sic) personal data was stolen including credit card information,” Dr. Morgan Camp wrote in an email sent…
Patients warned of data theft after burglary at Mill Valley doctor's office
Will Jason reports: Patients at a Mill Valley medical office have been warned that credit card numbers and other personal information may have been compromised after a computer was stolen in a recent burglary. “Many of our patient’s (sic) personal data was stolen including credit card information,” Dr. Morgan Camp wrote in an email sent…
CO: Nurse accused of stealing identities of hospital patients
Kyle Clark reports: A nurse who worked at five or more hospitals in the Denver area faces 90 felony charges in a wide-ranging identity theft investigation, 9Wants to Know investigators have learned. Prosecutors suspect a registered nurse working at several hospitals through a nurse staffing agencies improperly accessed patient files to steal Social Security numbers…
CO: Nurse accused of stealing identities of hospital patients
Kyle Clark reports: A nurse who worked at five or more hospitals in the Denver area faces 90 felony charges in a wide-ranging identity theft investigation, 9Wants to Know investigators have learned. Prosecutors suspect a registered nurse working at several hospitals through a nurse staffing agencies improperly accessed patient files to steal Social Security numbers…
Spartanburg hospital, police keeping quiet on details of stolen laptop investigation
Stephen Largen provides an update on a breach mentioned previously on this blog: Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System and the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office are keeping many of the details of an ongoing investigation into a stolen laptop computer secret from the public. The laptop was reported stolen from an SRHS employee’s vehicle in late March…