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…
Category: Health Data
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…
Betty Ford: Here's Why We Fired Her
Officials from the Betty Ford Clinic tell TMZ, they fired Dawn Holland — Lindsay Lohan’s accuser — because she violated confidentiality rules. In a statement to TMZ, Betty Ford officials say, “Regrettably, on December 21, 2010, one of our employees violated strict confidentiality guidelines and laws by publicly identifying patients in a media interview and…
VA reveals that veterans' PHI was stored on Yahoo calendar with shared password for three years
The Dept. of Veterans Affairs has issued its monthly report to Congress on data incidents for the month of November. As in past reports, there are a number of mis-mailed or mishandled prescriptions. Other incidents reported during this period included: A VA Attorney discovered names, partial social security numbers and treatment locations of approximately 140…