Murray Brewster reports: Confidential medical and financial information belonging to an outspoken critic of Veterans Affairs, including part of a psychiatrist’s report, found its way into the briefing notes of a cabinet minister. Highly personal information about Sean Bruyea was contained in a 13-page briefing note prepared by bureaucrats in 2006 for then minister Greg…
Category: Health Data
Pointer: Over 23,000 patients notified in three breaches reported to HHS
In addition to a LabCorp breach where we do not have a lot of information other than 507 patients were notified of theft of paper records with their PHI, I also just posted three other newly revealed breaches over on PHIprivacy.net that resulted in over 23,000 patients being notified. You can read about those…
VA employee hoarded stacks of patient-related info at home
Sandra Yin reports on recent VA disclosures of breaches. I had covered the August report here, but her coverage makes some interesting points; Paper is much more problematic than electronic data, according to Veterans Affairs CIO Roger Baker. [which is why all state and federal mandatory disclosure laws should include paper records — Dissent!] Here’s…
Over 23,000 patients notified in three breaches reported to HHS
In looking at the most recent update to HHS’s web site, I noted three other breaches that we did not know about already from other sources: The Kent Center The Kent Center in Rhode Island reported that paper records of 1,361 patients were stolen in July. In a notification linked from the homepage of their…
Update on Town of Essex Youth Commission breach
Earlier this month, this blog covered a breach involving the Town of Essex in Massachusetts. At the time, I found the statement by the selectmen a bit curious and had asked, “Do the selectmen suspect that someone associated with the program or commission removed the records? I wonder what kind of “legal action” they have…
Records stolen from LabCorp Patient Service Center
LabCorp Patient Service Center in California notified Health & Human Services (HHS) that 507 patients were affected by theft of their protected health information. The records were in paper format, and were reportedly stolen on or about August 2. I do not see any statement on LabCorp’s web site. The company has a number of…