Jennifer Emily reports on a lawsuit against Cornell Companies Inc. mentioned previously on this blog. A company that managed a residential facility for court-mandated drug treatment is being sued for allegedly violating the privacy of its female residents by videotaping them and distributing the material as a promotional DVD. According to the lawsuit filed last…
Category: Health Data
Nurse claims she was fired for complaining about HIPAA violations
Michelle Massey reports: A former nurse is seeking more than $15 million from a Tyler hospital alleging she was fired after complaining about employees taking pictures of sedated patients and posting the pictures on Facebook. Debbie Blevins filed suit against Tyler Cardiovascular Consultants on Dec. 22 in the Eastern District of Texas, Tyler Division. She…
MD: Patient information mistakenly recycled instead of shredded at Adventist Behavioral Health
Nesa Nourmohammadi reports: Personal information relating to several Adventist Behavioral Health patients was mistakenly recycled instead of shredded after an employee erred in how the documents were discarded, company spokeswoman Clarencia Stephen said Tuesday. Adventist Behavioral Health officials learned of the slip-up Dec. 29 after some of the sensitive documents were found scattered at the…
Patients at Dallas County Judicial Treatment Center sue Cornell Companies for Privacy Violation
Courthouse News reports: DALLAS – Cornell Cos., which builds and operates jails, told 35 women it would film treatment sessions for a video to be shown only to drug court judges, but used it to promote its business, the women claim in Dallas County Court. The complaint, filed in Texas by Theresa Watkins and 35…
(update) Grant Medical Center notice on data breach
Following a story in today’s Columbus Dispatch, reported earlier today on this blog, Grant Medical Center has issued the following press release and substitute notice on its web site: POTENTIAL SECURITY BREACH AT GRANT COLUMBUS, Ohio – On November 5, 2010, Grant Medical Center discovered that out-of- service computers were stolen from an inventory storage…
Missing Heraeus backup tapes contained medical info
Through its lawyers, Heraeus Incorporated notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office on December 29 of a security breach. According to the letter, the company noticed on November 18 that a steel cabinet that contained a safe with backup tapes was missing. The company believes (but cannot be sure) that the cabinet was discarded…