Category: Health Data

Rafal Los blogs on Digital Soapbox – Down the Security Rabbit Hole!  about who really pays the fines when a hospital is fined as a result of a data breach: When information is lost, the first thought often is to fine, fine, and fine again these institutions we find to be negligent in either securing their patient’s…

Harry Minium and Patrick Wilson report: The Community Services Board employee who collected pay for 12 years without showing up for work was suspended in 1998 after she was accused of revealing confidential medical information about a patient, said two sources who spoke on condition they not be identified. The sources are familiar with a…

A recent breach in the UK has some people upset with the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust for its lack of transparency and left them guessing what hospital had the breach: The health trust responsible for Northwood’s Mount Vernon Hospital has refused to disclose the location of a major security breach involving confidential patient information….

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has been found in breach of data protection after a doctor lost a memory stick on a train. The junior doctor had recorded details of patients’ conditions and medication on the device and was meant to hand it over to the next doctor on shift. But the doctor forgot…

George Hulme seems to be singing in harmony with me in an article, “Steady Bleed: State of HealthCare Data Breaches” on InformationWeek where he reviews much of the same data I’ve discussed here as well as the new FairWarning report. You can read his article here.