On July 2, Centerstone issued the following press release: Pursuant to Federal Regulations 45CFR464.406 we are providing this notice of a potential breach of Protected Health Information to the media. Centerstone has made every attempt to notify any clients affected by this privacy breach by telephone call and/or first class letter prior to this notification….
Category: Health Data
SunBridge Healthcare notifies 3,830 residents of stolen laptop
On July 9, SunBridge Healthcare Corporation of New Mexico issued the following press release: A password-protected laptop computer, containing resident information from 10 states was stolen in May 2010. The states involved are Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The theft was immediately reported to local law enforcement and…
California Department of Health Care Services notifies 29,808 of missing CD
On July 6, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) issued the following press release: The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) has reported to federal authorities that a missing compact disc (CD) delivered to the department may not have been encrypted by the sender, Care 1st Health Plan. The CD contains personal…
No more anonymous “private practice” on HHS breach list
HHS has now started revealing the names of the HIPAA-covered entities who had previously been listed only as “private practice” in their list of those having breaches affecting 500 or more individuals. PHIprivacy.net had been one of a number of entities that had complained about private practices being shielded, but OCR had interpreted the Privacy…
No more anonymous "private practice" on HHS breach list
HHS has now started revealing the names of the HIPAA-covered entities who had previously been listed only as “private practice” in their list of those having breaches affecting 500 or more individuals. PHIprivacy.net had been one of a number of entities that had complained about private practices being shielded, but OCR had interpreted the Privacy…
UK: Birmingham Children’s Hospital found in breach of privacy rules
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to be in breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA). The Information Commissioner was initially informed of a data security breach by the Trust after two unencrypted laptops containing personal information relating to 17 patients were stolen from the Medical Day Centre….