Bryan Gentry reports: A laptop stolen in Alpharetta, Ga., in November held the names and billing information of nearly 14,000 Centra patients, the Lynchburg-based hospital system announced Monday. The computer files did not contain Social Security numbers or other information that could be used in identity theft, nor medical history information, Centra officials said. […]…
Category: Health Data
Dean Clinic and St. Mary’s Hospital reports 3,288 patients had data on laptop stolen in home invasion
Unencrypted protected health information was on a laptop stolen in a home invasion at a physician’s home. In addition to a short statement posted to the DeanCare web site, Dean Clinic and St. Mary’s Hospital in Wisconsin also issued a press release, reproduced on NBC15’s web site: On November 8, 2010, we received a report…
(follow-up) UK: Stolen NHS records spark clamp
There seems to be an order to news stories: first the breach announcement, then the announcement that security has been beefed up. What a shame that they don’t beef up security first to see if it prevents the breach. In today’s news, Sarah Kelly reports: Calderale’s hospital has stepped up security after a laptop containing…
Nine St. Joseph's/Candler employees snagged in medical information breach
Eric Curl reports: Nine St. Joseph’s/Candler employees were punished after a digital image of a patient’s anatomy was photographed, texted by cell phone and posted to Facebook. In all, three employees have been fired, three have been written up, and three have been suspended without pay. Eight of those disciplinary actions occurred Wednesday. Another hospital…
UK: Patients contacted after data loss at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Kevin Core reports: Confidential patient records have been stolen from a local hospital. Now Huddersfield patients have been contacted by the hospital trust after the theft of a laptop sparked a security scare. Around 1,500 patients yesterday received a letter from Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, which told them that their details were among those…
California MD pleads guilty to 274 of 276 counts; to stand trial on remaining charges
As an update to a case that started in 2007 and that has been previously covered on my blogs: the Associated Press is reporting that Dr. Lisa Barden, the California physician accused of stealing patients’ and colleagues’ identities as part of a prescription drug fraud sceme, has pleaded guilty to 274 counts. Barden had been…