George Gombossy reports that less than 24 hours after Griffin Hospital revealed a breach, the Connecticut Attorney General is on it: Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal says he is investigating a breach of medical information that was brought to his attention by Griffin Hospital. “My office is investigating allegations that a radiologist formerly affiliated with…
Category: Health Data
Letters tip off patients
Pierrette J. Shields reports: Boulder Community Hospital officials are investigating anonymous letters sent to patients of a Lafayette clinic along with medical records that the sender claims were pulled from the trash. A Longmont woman told the Times-Call she received the anonymous letter Monday with a page from her son’s medical records that included private…
New breasts cost woman 180 days in jail
Unreal (no pun intended). Yet another case ID theft for plastic surgery. A Laguna Niguel woman accused of using a fraudulent line of credit to obtain $12,000 in cosmetic surgery was sentenced to 180 days in jail for her guilty plea Monday to second-degree burglary, grand theft and identity theft, according to court records. Yvonne…
'Tummy tuck' thief bilked coworker for plastic surgery
Levi Pulkkinen reports on yet another case of ID theft to get plastic surgery: A Kirkland woman is facing felony identity theft charges following allegation that she used a co-worker’s credit card to pay for plastic surgery and thousands of dollars worth of electronics. In charging documents, King County prosecutors claim Alexandra K. Polack lifted…
Statement by Griffin Hospital about security breach
Griffin Hospital in Derby, Connecticut issued this statement today on its web site: Griffin Hospital has notified 957 patients of an apparent breach of personal protected health information during the period from February 4, 2010 to March 5, 2010 after an investigation prompted by patient inquires revealed the breach. Based on information available to it,…
Three newly revealed breaches affect over 20,000
Cross-posted from PHIprivacy.net: The new HHS/OCR web site has added three more breach reports: Montefiore Medical Center State: New York Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 625 Date of Breach: 2/20/10 Type of Breach: Theft Location of Breached Information: Laptop Private Practice City and State: San Antonio, Texas Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 21,000 Date of…