It’s bad enough when a patient’s identity is stolen for purposes of obtaining medical care. But what about when someone steals a doctor’s identity to practice surgery? Mitya Underwood reports from Dubai: The plastic surgeon whose identity was stolen by a disgraced doctor has likened the experience to watching “a very bad movie”. Dr Steven…
Category: Health Data
Za: Patient records still available
A healthcare sector breach out of South Africa. Andrew Stone reports: Health authorities were scrambling yesterday to find out how thousands of confidential patient records ended up being freely available on the Internet. A team of 20 investigators from both the Eastern Cape and Western Cape Health departments have been tasked to find out how…
Insurer rejects claims related to stolen U. medical records
Brian Maffly reports: A Colorado insurance company contends it is not obligated to cover astronomical costs incurred by the University of Utah in 2008 after car burglars stole medical billings records filed with sensitive personal information on 1.7 million patients. U. officials want Perpetual Storage to reimburse the university more than $3.3 million. That’s how…
Insurer rejects claims related to stolen U. medical records
Brian Maffly reports: A Colorado insurance company contends it is not obligated to cover astronomical costs incurred by the University of Utah in 2008 after car burglars stole medical billings records filed with sensitive personal information on 1.7 million patients. U. officials want Perpetual Storage to reimburse the university more than $3.3 million. That’s how…
[CORRECTION] Stolen computer from St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare affects 22,012
One that I missed from OCR’s web site during my last update from that site: St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare State: California Approx. # of Individuals Affected: 22,012 Date of Breach: 3/06/10 Type of Breach: Theft Location of Breached Information: Desktop Computer Thanks to ITRC for pointing out my omission. As of the date of this…
MN: Bemidji med center’s online bill-pay service apparently hacked
Bethany Wesley reports: North Country Health Services’ online bill-paying function was apparently hacked into on April 18, compromising the security of 349 customers’ credit card and debit card accounts. NCHS is sending letters to all those who could be affected by the breach, said Joy Johnson, NCHS vice president for marketing and business development. The…