It’s easy to see how the new HITECH requirements are having an impact. Covered entities are not only notifying HHS of breaches affecting over 500 patients, but are posting notices on their web sites and often issuing press releases to help meet the notification requirements. Here’s a press release issued today by Dr. Ward Morris:…
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Anthem responds to The Plain Dealer story
Sheryl Harris of The Plain Dealer recently took Anthem to task over a recently disclosed breach and suggests that it may be linked to at least two cases of fraud reported by Ohioans: […] How do two men who have never taken out payday loans wind up on a list of cash-advance frequent fliers? The…
WA: Burglary at dental office nabs patient data
It’s easy to see how the new HITECH requirements are having an impact. Covered entities are not only notifying HHS of breaches affecting over 500 patients, but are posting notices on their web sites and often issuing press releases to help meet the notification requirements. Here’s a press release issued today by Dr. Ward Morris:…
Aultman notifies 13,800 patients of stolen laptop
Aultman Health Foundation posted a notice on its web site on August 6 concerning a stolen laptop that says, in part: A password-protected laptop maintained by Aultman HealthCare in Your Home was stolen on June 7, 2010. A police report was filed at the time of the incident. The information on the laptop computer included…
UK: Laptop with patients' medical records stolen from health centre
Laptop thefts are also everywhere. A laptop containing hundreds of patients’ names and medical details has been stolen from a city health centre. The computer was taken from an office at the Mary Potter Centre in Hyson Green. NHS bosses have now written to the 211 physiotherapy patients affected to apologise after the theft, in…
Ie: Patient information leak at Sligo General
Paper breaches, from small to large, are everywhere. Confidential information on patients at Sligo General Hospital was made public due to staff mistakenly faxing the details to the wrong number. While in a separate incident more details were leaked when a piece of paper with a patients name and hospital number was found outside the…