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….
Category: Health Data
Patient Says Doctor Let Newspaper Peep on Medical Marijuana Exam
Tish Kraft reports: A patient claims her doctor allowed a newspaper reporter to surreptitiously videotape her while she discussed with the doctor the medical use of marijuana for chronic pain. The patient claims Dr. Cristal Speller and Natural Care for Wellness violated medical privacy and wiretapping laws, and that publication of the story in the…
Ca: Health fax mistakes create a headache for pharmacies
Elizabeth McMillan and Paul Bickford report: The NWT health care system is back in the business of sending faxes, although under new conditions to tighten up security. Daryl Dolynny, president of the NWT Pharmaceutical Association, says the Department of Health and Social Services should have given pharmacists a heads up before putting a hold on…
Nl: Psychiatric/criminal files dumped on street
From Karin Spaink‘s blog: DPD, the District Psychiatric Service in The Hague – which keeps the psychiatric and criminal records of (former) detainees, dumped a box full of such records on the street, together with ‘other garbage’. A passerby found the box and reported the matter to the Dutch privacy authority (CPB). This was in…
TN: DentaQuest notifies local families of possible fraud
Rick Norton of the Cleveland Daily Banner provides a small update to the saga of the DentaQuest breach that occurred back in March. Those affected first started receiving notification letters in mid-June. There is still no explanation that I can find as to why it took them over 2 months (from the time they were…
Hospital Explains its Breach Decisions
Joseph Goedert reports: Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center in Bronx, N.Y., recently notified 130,495 patients of a breach of their protected health information after seven CDs a business associate FedEx’d were lost (see story). In a statement to Health Data Management, the hospital, part of NYC Health and Hospitals Corp., explains why the data…