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URMC notifies patients of possible privacy breach

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Dissent

The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) has sent letters to patients seen by one of its surgeons over the last three years, alerting them to the possibility that their personal health information may be at risk. Earlier this week, URMC notified 837 current and former surgery patients that one of the doctors who cared…

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Health Clinics Often Fail to Keep Patient Data Private

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Dissent

Just to add to the global perspective, this recent news story from YLE describes a survey conducted in Finland: Private health clinics often fail to keep patients’ data secure, according to a recent survey by the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman. Meanwhile, the public sector was found to work harder to keep information private….

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West Virginia accounting firm employee sentenced for ID theft

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Dissent

Tina Holsopple, 44, of Culloden, West Virginia, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge John T. Copenhaver, Jr. to fourteen months in prison. She was also ordered to pay restitution to the Poca Valu Rite pharmacy in the amount of $146,494.91 for identity theft. Holsopple pleaded guilty to the federal charge in May 2010,…

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Ca: Stolen Burnaby hospital laptop contained patients’ private information (updated)

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Dissent

The private information of several patients may have been breached after the theft of a laptop computer from a hospital in Burnaby, B.C. David Plug of the Fraser Health Authority says the laptop contained confidential patient information including the birth dates and test results of patients who visited the Pulmonary Function Lab at Burnaby General…

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HHS web site update reveals another new breach

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Dissent

In its most recent update, HHS added seven reports to its site. Interestingly, we already knew something about six of the incidents via notices on the entities’ web sites or media coverage, which I attribute to HITECH’s new requirements.  Entities realize that they have to disclose and are getting the information out more promptly and…

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Shark Bite Victim Says Hospital Intruded

Posted on September 1, 2010 by Dissent

Purna Nemani reports: A shark-bite victim claims a Honolulu hospital violated his privacy by photographing and posting on the Internet a picture of his “gaping leg wound,” without his consent, “while he was completely helpless, undraped, and in a life-threatening and traumatic shock condition.” Todd Murashige claims The Queen’s Medical Center violated HIPAA protections and…

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