The following is the FTC’s press release. In the next post, I’ll publish HHS’s press release on their settlement with Rite Aid. Rite Aid Corporation has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it failed to protect the sensitive financial and medical information of its customers and employees, in violation of federal law. In…
Category: Health Data
Rite Aid Agrees to Pay $1 Million to Settle HIPAA Privacy Case
See the companion press release from the FTC in a previous post. Rite Aid Corporation and its 40 affiliated entities (RAC) have agreed to pay $1 million to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today….
Estranged from family, doctor snoops in records
Lora Pabst of the Star Tribune reported this a few weeks ago: As his 22-year marriage was falling apart, a doctor was desperate for information about his estranged family. Court records show that his wife wouldn’t return his phone calls. His oldest daughter refused to see him before she moved away college. He couldn’t even find out…
The plot thickens….
Steve Adams reports: A Pennsylvania company hired by South Shore Hospital to dispose of patient records outsourced the work to a second company, contributing to delays announcing the disappearance of 800,000 patients’ files. Phoenixville, Pa.-based Archive Data Solutions was notified in early May by the outside vendor that 800,000 individuals’ records removed from the hospital…
Hk: Cancer patient data stolen from Queen Mary Hospital
Colleen Lee reports: There are fears the personal data of more than 700 cancer patients and dozens of volunteers may have been leaked following a theft at Queen Mary Hospital. Computer equipment belonging to the Li Ka Shing Foundation Hospice Service Program was found missing around 8am yesterday. The premises had been forcibly entered and…
University of Texas Arlington server containing medical records and SSN hacked
From UTA’s web site: The University of Texas at Arlington recently learned that one of its file servers had been compromised, which potentially exposed the prescription records of approximately 27,000 individuals to an unauthorized source. Federal and state authorities have been notified, including the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Texas Department of…