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(update and correction) North Carolina Baptist Hospital/Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center breach

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Dissent

Back in March, I noted that HHS had added a breach report to their web site from North Carolina Baptist Hospital.  At the time, the only information I had was from the HHS  log showing that the PHI of  554 individuals was involved in the theft of paper records on February 15 and I did…

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California serious about unauthorized employee access to patient data

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Dissent

The California Dept. of Public Health has just fined seven more entities whose employees improperly accessed patient data.   You can read the summaries on the companion blog at It’s great that the state is fining them, but one wonders why HHS/OCR are not also fining entities for these types of breaches or even worse…

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California fines 7 more entities for unauthorized access to patient info by employees

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Dissent

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH)  announced that six California hospitals and one nursing home have been assessed administrative penalties and fines totaling $792,500 after a determination that the facilities failed to prevent unauthorized access to confidential patient medical information. “Medical privacy is a fundamental right and a critical component of quality medical care…

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Alberta employer too hasty in telling supervisors about employee’s failed drug test

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Dissent

An adjudicator with Alberta’s Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner found an Alberta employer did not comply with the notification requirements of provincial privacy legislation when it informed certain employees and others that an employee who was suspended for a positive drug test wouldn’t be around. An Alberta employee of Lafarge Canada, a supplier…

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Dentist tells patients of stolen data (updated)

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Dissent

Dr. Robert Wheatley, a dentist who practices in St. Charles, is mailing notices to about 1,400 patients that his laptop computer, containing patient information, was stolen from his car in Florissant last month…… Wheatley said the laptop had clinical information but not financial information. Source: stltoday.com I don’t see this incident up on HHS/OCR’s breach…

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AvMed sued over loss of computers holding personal info

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Dissent

Anthony Clark reports: Five AvMed Health Plans customers filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday against the health insurer on behalf of 1.2 million people whose personal information was on two laptops that went missing from the company’s Gainesville office. AvMed officials said there are no known cases of identity theft connected to the incident. One of…

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